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Fall Final Vocab
Mr. Hines English 10 Canterbury Tales and Wuthering Heights Vocab
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10th Grade
11/13/2012
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Abate
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To lessen
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Paragon
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A model of excellence
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Acquiesce
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To agree without protest
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Clandestine
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Kept or done in secret, often to conceal an improper purpose
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Supercilious
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Feeling or showing haughty disdain
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Ecclesiastic
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A minister or priest
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Placate
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To appease
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Amenable
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Responsive to advice; willing
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Visage
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Appearance
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Impediment
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A hindrance or obstruction
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Engender
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To bring into existence
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Terse
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Effectively concise
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Grandiloquent
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Pompous in speech; lofty in style
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Assiduously
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Unceasing; persisten
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Axiom
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An established rule, principle, or law
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Fatuous
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Utterly foolish; unreal or illusory
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Lascivious
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Expressing lust; lecherous
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Tacit
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Not spoken; implied or inferred
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Umbrage
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Offense or resentment
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Compunction
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A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
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Covetous
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Eagerly desirous
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Insipid
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Bland
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Propriety
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Conformity to established standards of proper behavior or manners
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Vapid
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Dull
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Apathetic
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Showing little emotion; unconcerned
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Sanctimonious
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Feigned righteousness
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Evince
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Show clearly; prove
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Scurple
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A moral standard that inhibits certain actions
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Preclude
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To prevent
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Caprice
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Whim; a sudden illogical or unpredictable action or idea
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Laconic
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Terse to the point of rudeness
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Malignity
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The quality of wishing or causing harm to others
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Misanthrope
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One who hates other people
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Morose
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Gloomy; depressed
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Paroxysm
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A sudden, violent emotion or action
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Presumptuous
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Arrogant; bold
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Antipathy
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Strong dislike
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Obdurate
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Hardheaded; stubborn
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Peruse
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To read carefully
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Transgression
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Violation of a rule or command
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