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Lesson 32
Lesson 32 Laying the Foundation Vocabulary Words
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Literature
11th Grade
09/27/2010

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amenity
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agreeable ways or manners; the quality of being agreeable or pleasant
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anathema
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a vigorous denunciation; one who is intensely disliked
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atypical
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unusual or abnormal; odd
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balky
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refusing to proceed in an expected direction
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bourgeois
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a person with the traits or viewpoints of the bourgeoisie; middle class
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concert
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agreement in purpose or feeling; consensus
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confluence
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a coming together
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corpulence
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state of being very fat
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dirge
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funeral hymn, lament
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disconcerting
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upsetting, frustrating
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endemic
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peculiar to or a trait of a group or area
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focus
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to concentrate
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hilarity
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boisterous merriment, mirth, jollity
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indict
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to charge or to accuse
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latent
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not visible, dormant
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monumental
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massive, very great, very important
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myriad
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a very large and indefinite number
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oscillating
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moving back and forth, swinging, varying
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pithy
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concise and meaningful
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premeditated
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thought out beforehand
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presage
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something that foreshadows a future event; foreknowledge of the future
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quixotic
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idealistic but impractical
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reserve
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self-restraint
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stasis
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motionlessness, stagnation
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warranted
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justified
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