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English Honors Vocab 2/22/15
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English
11th Grade
02/22/2015

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Disreputable
Definition
Lacking responsibility of character
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Dissipation
Definition
Reckless waste of resources
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Magnanimity
Definition
generosity
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Misgiving
Definition
a feeling of doubt or uncertainly
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Perennial
Definition
Lasting through many years
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Rudiment
Definition
an undeveloped form
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Sublime
Definition
of high spiritual, moral, intellectual worth
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Implore
Definition
to  beg
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Discourse
Definition
to  speak
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Placid
Definition
undisturbed; calm
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Dirge
Definition
a mournful piece of music, a funeral hymn
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Ominous
Definition
Threatening; menacing
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Respite
Definition
a brief period of rest
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Tempest
Definition
a violent storm
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Languish
Definition
to become weak
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Evade
Definition
To escape or avoid
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Apprise
Definition
to give notice
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Interminable
Definition
endless
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Ineffable
Definition
Unable to be expressed in words
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Consecrate
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to declare sacred
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Denovement
Definition
The final resolution of a plot called catastructure
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