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LA10-First Vocab List
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English
10th Grade
09/07/2011

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Insidious
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Adjective= intended to deceive or entrap; sly; treacherous
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Intimation
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Noun= a hint, indirect suggestion
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Unkempt
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Adjective= not combed; untidy; now properly maintained
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Verbatim
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Adjective, Adverb= word for ford; exactly as written or spoken
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Augment
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Verb= to make larger; increase
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Bereft
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Adjective= deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
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Deploy
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Verb= to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
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Dour
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Adjective= stern, inyielding, gloomy, ill-humored
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Fortitude
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Noun= courage in facing difficulties
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Warily
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Adverb= cautiously; with great care
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Ambidextrious
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Adjective= able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; deceitful; hypocritical
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Gape
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Verb= to stare with open mouth to open the mouth wide; to open wide
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Adulterate
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Verb= to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
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Gibe
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Verb= To utter taunting words
Noun= an expression of scorn
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Guise
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Noun= an external appearance, cover, mask
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Pliable
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Adjective= easily bent, flexible; easily resillent
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Opulent
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Adjective= wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
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Tentative
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Adjective= experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
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Stolid
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Adjective= not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
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Reiterate
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Verb= to say again; repeat
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