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F451 Vocab Terms
vocab terms
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Language - English
10th Grade
02/12/2007
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Ambivalent
 Definition
Divided feelings
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Appalled
 Definition
To fill with fear or dismay.
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Banality
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an obvious remark
commonplace
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Capricious
 Definition
subject to whim
sudden change
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Cynicism
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a general distrust of the professed motives of others
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derisive
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Mocking; jeering
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didactic
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intended for instruction or moralizing
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duality
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being two fold
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extraneous
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extra information
more than needed
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flippant
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disrespectful in a casual way
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hypothetical
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uncertain or based on certain conditions
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insouciant
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unconcerned or indifferent
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jocular
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joking in good humor or a merry way
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obliquely
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responding in an indirect or evasive way
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patronizing
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acting in a condescending way
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pedantic
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learning from books and rules without understanding
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scathing
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harmful and critical
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sneering
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expression of scorn
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trepidation
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feeling of fear or dread
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