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english final
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23
Language - English
12th Grade
12/18/2008

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bellicose
Definition
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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nondescript
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undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid,of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind
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venerate
Definition
to regard or treat with reverence; revere
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omniscient
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having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things
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parsimonious
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Excessively sparing or frugal
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erudite
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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary
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ennui
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a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.
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gratuitous
Definition
given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary
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specious
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apparently good or right though lacking real merit,Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair, deceptive.
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euphemism
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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt
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feign
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to represent fictitiously,to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse,to imitate deceptively, to pretend or make up
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Adroit
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clever,skillful in a mental of physical way
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blazon
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to proclaim, to display publicly; n. a coat of arms; a banner
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dirge
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a funeral hymn, poetic or musical expression of grief.
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guile
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craftiness,deceit,cunning
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sanguine
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naturally cheerful and hopeful, confident, having a ruby complexion.
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extol
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to praise highly; laud; eulogize
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poignant
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affecting or moving the emotions
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predispose
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to create or posses a tendancy or preference in advence.
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abject
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hopelessly low, wretched, miserable with outself respect.
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mundane
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ordinary, commonplace
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cognizant
Definition
aware of or informed of something.
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subjugate
Definition
to subdue; to conquer; to force, submit.
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