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Final Exam Vocab
Ms. Kline's English Hon
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English
9th Grade
06/01/2013

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Decrepit

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elderly and infirm; worn out or ruined because of age or neglect (sick)
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Pensive

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thinking deeply or seriously
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Reclusive

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seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation; providing seclusion
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Insurgent

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a person who risesĀ in forcible oppositionĀ  to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to governement or to the execution
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Incessantly

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continuing without interruption; ceasless, unending
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Peruse

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look over; examine; review
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Remnants

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Remaining persons or things; left-over; relic
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Discourse(s)
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conversations(s), talk, converse
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Enjoin(ed)
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order(ed), command(ed)
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Doubious
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doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
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Stratagems
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tricks; plots
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Absolved
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recive forgiveness for a sin
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Enmity
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hostlity; hatred; rancor; acrimony
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Proverbial
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symbolic; a familliar statment, generally accepted as wise or true
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Inundate
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flood (literal and figurative)
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Tenuous
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thin or slender in form, as a thread; lacking a sound basis as reasoning; weak
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Dully
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a due manner; properly; fittingly
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Chide
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rebuke, admonish, reprimand
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Contrary
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consider; contemplate
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