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Exam english vocab
vobaluary words for english
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English
12th Grade
05/27/2011

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Accolade

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any award or honor

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Anachronism

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something out of its proper historical time: error of putting something in the wrong historical time

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Bacchanal

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a wild drunken party

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Bellwether

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a leader

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Charlatan

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a deceiver to who falsely claims to have knowledge or skill; impostor

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Cliché

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an expression or idea that is stale from over use

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Consensus

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general agreement, majority opinion, harmony

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Diatribe

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violent, angry, bitter attack in words

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Diction

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style or choice of words

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