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English Honors Vocab
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11th Grade
11/15/2014

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Prodigious
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Extraodinary
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Dellusion
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Something that is falsely believed
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Arbitrate
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To judge or act as a referee
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Simile
Definition
Comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
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Anarchy
Definition
Disorder and cinfusion; absence of political authority
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Words that sound like what they mean
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Ascertain
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To find out
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Empower
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Invest with authority
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Indignant
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Filled with
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Indictment
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accusation
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Ameliorate
Definition
Improve
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Inaudibly
Definition
Unable to be heard clearly
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Base
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Having low moral standards
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Immaculate
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Without stain; pure
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Flailing
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struggling
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Effrontery
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disrespectful boldness
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Calamity
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disaster
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plaintiff
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the party that institutes a lawsuit
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Grapple
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Struggle
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Deposition
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a written statement from a witness
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Contentious
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Quarrelsome; argumentative
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