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English 3 Vocab.
Weeks 1-10
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11th Grade
11/06/2009
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Abrasive
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Harsh or rough
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Affronted
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Intentionally insulting
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Antagonistic
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Openly hostile and aggressive
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Lurid
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Startling, Sensational
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Impeccable
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Flawless, Perfect
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Intuitively
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Without thinking
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Edible
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Fit to eat
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Document
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To provide a detailed account
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Venture
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To dare to go
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Quandary
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A state of uncertainty
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Coherent
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Understandably, logically
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Prestige
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Honor, Admiration
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Robust
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Full of health and strength
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Implicate
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To connect to an activity
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Subdued
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Made submissive
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Amiably
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In a friendly or pleasant manner
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Forlorn
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Appearing sad or lonely
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Qualm
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A disturbing uneasiness
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Punitive
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Punishing or haveing to do with punishment
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Vindictive
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Wanting revenge, bearing a grudge
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Profoundly
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Deeply, Intensely
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Obscure
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To cover over, hide
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Gaunt
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Thin, Bony
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Morose
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Gloomy, ill tempered
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Atrocious
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Shockingly bad, lacking in taste
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Inanimate
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Not enabled with movement
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Perserverance
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The act of perservering
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Derision
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Scornful or contentious
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Ravaged
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Devastated, ruined
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Articulate
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To divid clearly
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Obliterate
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To wipe out, leave no trace
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Edict
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An order put out by someone of authority
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Pallid
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Abnormally pale
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Dispute
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To question or doubt
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Transient
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Lasting a short time
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Encroach
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Advance beyond normal limits
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Diffident
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Shy, timid
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Divulge
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To make something private known
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Circumuent
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To avoid by clever maneuvering
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Tedious
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Boring because of dullness
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Insipid
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Bland lacking flavor
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Emaciated
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Excessively thin
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Futility
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Uselessness
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Obstinate
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Not yielding to reason, not easily subdued
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Venerable
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Worthy of honor and respect
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Placid
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Calm
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Ominous
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Showing omen
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Annihilate
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To destroy completely
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Tangible
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Something physical
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Implore
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To ask or Question
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Decorum
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Proper behavior
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Alleviation
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To make more bearable
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Defeciency
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A lack of something
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Affinity
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A kinship or kindness
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Vivacious
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Lively, full of life
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Indignant
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Filled with anger caused by something unfair or unjust
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Calamity
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Disaster
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Contentious
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Quarrelsome
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Plantiff
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The party that starts a suit in court
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Effrontery
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Disrespectful, insulting boldness
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Immaculate
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Pure
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Inaudibly
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Unable to hear clearly
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Afflict
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To trouble or attack, causing physical suffering
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Empower
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To give power to
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Insidious
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Treacherous
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Ascertain
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To recieve, find out
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Subservant
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To serve below someone
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Inconceivable
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Not able to be understood or imagined
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Fanatic
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A person possessed by an irrational zeal for and idea or cause
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Predilection
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A personal prefrence
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Ascribe
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To attribute to a cause
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Incense
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To cause anger or hate
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Mitigation
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The lessering of something that causes pain
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Void
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Not containing anything
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Ritual
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An established form for a ceremony
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Devious
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Deviating from a straight line
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Contend
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To strive in opposition to someone or something
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Succumb
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To yield to overwhelming strength
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Wrath
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Violent vengeful anger
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Appease
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To lay calm or quiet
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Loathsome
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Utterly disgusting
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Abhor
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To feel extreme adversion for
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Abominable
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Deserving or causing hatred or loathing
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