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Lit Term sem. 2
Exam Vocab Review
72
Literature
11th Grade
06/11/2009
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Intimated
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hint, state indirectly
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Render
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Make
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Curry
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Groom
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Afforded
 Definition
Give, provide
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Judicious
 Definition
caustious, wise
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Veritable
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Genuine, true
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Acute
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Keen, sharpen
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Fastidious
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difficult to read, critical
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Preposterous
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Ridiculous
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Poignant
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Emotionally moving
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Inanimate
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lifeless
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Benevolence
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Kindness
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Blandly
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Mildly
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Sentinel
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Guard, sentry
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Deference
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respect
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Malign
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Harmful, evil
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Obliterated
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Destroyed
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Ominous
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sinister, dangerous
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Indolent
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lazy
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Imperative
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Absolutely necessary, compulsory
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Recoiled
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shrink away, draw back
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excruciating
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extreme, intense
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grotesque
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strange, absurd
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reverential
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deeply respectful
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pious
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devoted to one's religion
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inert
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dull, slow
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trepidation
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anxious uncertainty
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deluge
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rush, flood
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myriad
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countless
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Beholden
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indebted
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piqued
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provoked
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elation
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celebration
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Perturbation
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feeling of alarm or agitation
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Petulance
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Irritabilty, impatience
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Divergence
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Variance, difference
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Turbulence
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Irregular behavior
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Plaintive
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Expressing sadness
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contemptuously
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scornful
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rancor
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Anger
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Convened
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Assemble
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Unseemly
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Improper
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Disconsolately
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Unhappy
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Distraught
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Troubled
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Haggard
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Wasted or worn in appearance
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Insolent
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Arrogant
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Pandemonium
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wild confusion
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craven
 Definition
Very Fearl, cowardly
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Morning Coat
 Definition
formal daytime dress for men
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Dying Fall
 Definition
notes that fade away
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malingers
 Definition
pretendes to be sick
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swell a progress
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fill out a scene in a play by serving as an extra
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high sentence
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prompous talk
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gaunt
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very thin
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ravenous
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very eager
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morose
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gloomy
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rued
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regretted
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guaffawing
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burst out loud laughing
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atrocity
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cruelty, brutalilty
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Apocryphal
 Definition
questionable authory, false
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engagements
 Definition
battle
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hot toddy
 Definition
drink made with liquor mixed with hot water, sugar, and spice
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jilted
 Definition
rejected after being previously excepted
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frippery
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sonmething showy
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nimbus
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aura, halo
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perpetuity
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eternity
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archaic
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old-fashioned
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vindictaed
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proved correct
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circimvent
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to get the better of by craft
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virulent
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full of hate
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doddering
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shaky, trembling from old age
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acrid
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bitter, irritating
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macabre
 Definition
focus on gruesome, horrible
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