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Honors English-- First Test
Joy luck club vocabulary words: 4/13
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English
10th Grade
04/19/2007

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recoup
Definition
to reimburse or indemnify
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oblivious
Definition
unmindful; unconscious; unaware
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depleted
Definition
to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of
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guise
Definition
general external appearance; aspect; semblance
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fractured
Definition
a break, breach, or split
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insolent
Definition
boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent
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betrothed
Definition
engaged to be married
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felicitous
Definition
well suited for the occasion
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pungent
Definition
sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power
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posterity
Definition
succeeding or future generations collectively
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admonish
Definition
to caution, advise, or counsel against something
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penance
Definition
a punishment undergone in token of penitence
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monetary
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of or pertaining to the coinage or currency of money
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