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Memoir Vocabulary
vocabulary words taken from various memoir excerpts
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English
12th Grade
09/26/2011

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perennial
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(adj) lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring
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maudlin
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(adj) tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental
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furtive
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(adj) taken/done/used by stealth; secret
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stalwart
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(adj) 1. strong and brave; valiant

2. firm, steadfast, uncompromising

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venial
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(adj) excusable; trifling; minor;
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contrition
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(n) sincere penitence or remorse
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derision
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(n) ridicule; mockery
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usurp
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(v) to seize and hold by force or without legal right
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metastasize
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(v) to transform, especially into a dangerous form
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impudent
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(adj) rude; saucy; brazen
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convolution
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(n) an intricate, involved, or confusing matter/condition
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allay
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(v) to put (fear/doubt/suspicion) to rest; to calm/quiet
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incessant
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(adj) continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending
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tentative
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(adj) unsure; uncertain; hesitant
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petulant
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(adj) moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp over some trifling annoyance
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premonitory
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(adj) giving premonition; serving to warn beforehand
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nefarious
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(adj) extremely wicked or villainous
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plaintive
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(adj) expressing sorrow/melancholy; mournful
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saccharine
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(adj) 1. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental

2. excessively agreeable or charming

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vernacular
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(adj) using plain/everyday/ordinary language
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innate
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(adj) 1. existing in one from birth

2. inherent in the essential character of something

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