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Julius Caesar 901-952
ahhhh what a draggg -_-
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English
10th Grade
10/18/2008

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saucy
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amusingly forward and flippant

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replication
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to Answer or reply
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attire
Definition
clothes, state of dress
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cull
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to select from a group
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vex
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to bring trouble, distress, or agitation
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construe
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to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in ( a sentence or part)

 

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cogitation
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the capacity to think or reflect
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recount
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to relate in detail
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entreat
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to make an earnest request
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repute
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the character or status commonly ascribed to one
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liable
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obligated according to law or equity
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loath
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unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking
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amiss
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in a faulty way
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infirmity

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the condition of being feeble
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meet
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precisely adapted to a particular situation, need, or circumstance
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obscure
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shrouded in or hidden by darkness
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ordinance
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an authoritative decree or direction
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sufferance
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patient endurance

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vile
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a morally despicable or abhorrent
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factious
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inclined to faction or the formation of factions
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countenance
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Expression
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insurrection
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an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
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affability
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the quality of being affable
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semblance
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outward and often specious appearance or show
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interpose
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to put (oneself) between
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palter

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to act insincerely or deceitfully
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gravity
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dignity or sobriety of bearing
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augurer
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an offical diviner of ancient rome
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humor
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Temperment

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dank
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unplesantly moist
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appertain
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to belong or be connected as a  rightful part or attribute
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ruddy
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having a healthy reddish color
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tincture
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a substance that colors dyes or stains
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expound
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to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail
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puissant
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powerful

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cur
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a surly or cowardly fellow
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apprehensive
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viewing the future with anxity or alarm
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abide
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to endure with out yeilding
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abridge
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diminsh
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rank
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offensively gross or coarse
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vanquish
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to defeat in a conflict
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gallant
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nobly chivalrous and often self-sacrificing

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wrangle
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to dispute angrliy or peevishly
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choler
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ready disposition to irrtation
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choleric
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easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger
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covetous

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marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possesions or for another's possesions
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rote
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the use of memory usually with little intelligence
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niggard
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a meanly covetous and stingy person
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parley
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to discuss terms with an enemy
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peevish
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querulous in tempermate or mood
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consort
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to keep company
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