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Midterm Vocab
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12/12/2005
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Taciturn
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Noun-Silent
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Accolade
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Noun-Praise
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Debacle
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Noun-A sudden terrible event
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Trepidation
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Noun-Fear; anxiety
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Apathy
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Noun-Lack of interest
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Unanimity
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Noun-Complete agreement
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Juggernaut
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Noun-A great unstoppable force
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Panoply
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Noun-Assortment of something
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Retaliation
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Noun-To hurt someone in return for something
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Luminescent
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Noun-Light without heat
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Aberration
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Noun-An unusual happening
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Proclivities
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Noun-Natural ways
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Pantomime
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Noun-A form of silent acting by expressing feelings
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Sanction
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Noun-Approval
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Emulate
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Verb-To copy (imitate)
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Feign
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Verb-To pretend
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Ostracize
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Verb-To be socially cut out (one or group)
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Succumb
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Verb-To yield to something
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Augment
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Verb-Adding to (Enhancing)
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Acquiesce
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Verb-To give in
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Scintillate
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Verb-To give off sparks or flashes
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Imperceptibly
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Verb-Very Slight
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Insinuate
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Verb-To hint
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Obliterate
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Verb-Destroy (evidence)
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Aesthetic
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Adjective-Having a sense of beauty\art
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Impetuous
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Adjective-Rushed without thinking (impulsive)
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Perfunctorily
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Adjective-Done as a matter of duty
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Tactile
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Adjective-Able to being felt by touch
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Perpetual
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Adjective-Going forever
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Blatant
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Adjective-Obvious
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Judicious
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Adjective-well thought
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Germane
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Adjective-Related (relevant)
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Vociferous
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Adjective-Vocally load
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Cogent
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Adjective-Convincing
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Infinitely
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Adjective-Without any limits
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Indelible
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Adjective-Permanent
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Pensive
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Adjective-Deep in thought
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Eclectic
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Adjective-Selecting from varieties of sources
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Craven
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Adjective-A coward
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Bourgeois
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Adjective-Middle class
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Endemic
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Adjective-Found in a certain area
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Polemic
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Adjective-Harsh criticism
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Amorphous
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Adjective-Shapeless
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Insidious
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Adjective-Bad or harmful without being obvious
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Incessant
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Adjective-Never end
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Dispassionate
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Adjective-Neutral
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Compliant
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Adjective-Tends to go along with
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Malicious
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Adjective-hateful evil
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Frenetic
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Adjective-Wildly excited; active
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Urbane
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Adjective-Someone Sophisticated
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