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Midterm Vocabulary
Midterm Vocabulary Words
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10th Grade
12/18/2007
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Benevolence
 Definition
Kindness
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perfidious
 Definition
treacherous
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termulous
 Definition
nervous, timid
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Esoteric
 Definition
Understood by few
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Posterity
 Definition
Future Generations
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Laconic

 Definition

using few words, brief
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Improvident
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Not providing for future
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Rail

 Definition

Bitter complaint
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Mirth
 Definition
Happiness
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Perpetuate
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Prolong Existance
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Adherent
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Follower
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Approbation
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Official Approval
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Incipient
 Definition
Begginning to exist
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Desolate
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Deserted
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Copious

 Definition
Great amounts
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Capricious
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Fickle
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Derisive
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Mockery
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Feign
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To fake
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Callow
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Immature
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Despondent
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Feeling dejected
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Parapet

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Defensive wall
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oblique
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Not straight or direct
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Queue

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Line
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Shrewd

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Acute or sharp
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Listless

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Spiritless
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Impede
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Stop progress
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Rapt
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Absorbed, transported
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Chastened

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Restrained
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Surreptious

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Secret, Unauthorized

 

Obtained by stealth
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Melancholy

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Sad, Gloomy
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Verity
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Truth
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Posterity
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Providing for Future Generations
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Indissoluble
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Not able to be disolved; Firm
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Jocund
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Merry
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Solace

 Definition

Comfort in stress
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Corporal
 Definition

Relating to the body
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Chastise
 Definition
To punish
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Beguile
 Definition
Mislead
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Palpable
 Definition

Capable of being touched
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Banal

 Definition

Trite
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Equivocates
 Definition
Avoid explicit statement
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Abberration

 Definition

Leaving normal path
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Ascetic

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Giving up possessions
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Diminutive
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Tiny
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Demeanor
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Facial Appearance
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Avaricious
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Greedy
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Gait
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Way of walking
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Indignation

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Mad about something that was immoral
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Censure
 Definition
Strong disapproval
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