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Pre-AP English 11
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English
11th Grade
09/07/2007

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Abeyance
Definition
temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension
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Antiquity
Definition
the quality of being ancient; ancientness; the period of history before the Middle Ages
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Betrothal
Definition
the act or state of being engaged
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Compunction
Definition
anxiety arising from awareness of guilt
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Countenance
Definition
appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face
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Deprecations
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earnest disapprovals of
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Dubious
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doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
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Eclectic
Definition
selecting or choosing from various sources
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Factotum
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a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house
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Frivolities
Definition
acts characterized by lack of seriousness or sense
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heterodoxy
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any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox
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imploring
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begging urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy
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Intrusion
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an illegal act of entering, seizing, or taking possession of another's property
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levity
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lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness
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misanthrope
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a hater of humankind
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penchant
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a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something
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peal
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a loud, prolonged ringing of bells
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progenitors
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direct ancestors
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recitative
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pertaining to or of the nature of a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists
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satirical
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of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc
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sophistry
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a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning
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supplication
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an act or instance of praying modestly; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition
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travesty
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a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter
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vehemence
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the quality of being zealous; ardent; impassioned
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