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Light in August vocab
vocab test for ch 11-20
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11th Grade
02/02/2011
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perspicuous
 Definition
adj.
easy to understand
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proselyter
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noun
new convert to a religion
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carpetbaggers
 Definition
noun
Northerners
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sardonic
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adj.
scornfully or cynically mocking
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nymphomania
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noun
obsessive sexual desire in a female
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fatalist
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noun
pessimistic person; thinks all events are determined
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abyss
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noun
large whole or void; bottomless whole
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abjectness
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adj.
low in status
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prodigious
 Definition
adj.
large in size
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consternation
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noun
state of paralyzing dismay
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acquiescent
 Definition
adj.
consent or agree
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inherent
 Definition
adj.
beginning to appear
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morganatic
 Definition
adj.
marriage between noble and lowly people
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sublimation
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verb
modification
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solicitude
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noun
anxiety or concern
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incipient
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adj.
beginning to appear
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abject
 Definition
adj.
cast down
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irremediable
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adj.
impossible to correct or repair
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verbiage
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noun
wordiness
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ratiocinative
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noun
relating to logic
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martial
 Definition
adj.
suggestive to war
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subterraneous
 Definition
adj.
underground
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recalcitrant
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adj.
defiance of authority
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fascist
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noun
dictator
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ethnocentric
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noun
focus on superiority of ethnic groups
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suttee
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noun
hindu woman who cremated herself on her husbands funeral pyrate
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surreptitiousness
 Definition
adj.
secretive
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braggadocio
 Definition
noun
boasting
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Demagoguery
 Definition
noun
leader who obtains power by means of emotional appeal
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purlieus
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noun
outskirts
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irascible
 Definition
adj.
easily angry
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