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TKAM Vocab 7-8
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English
9th Grade
12/01/2009

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Articulate
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able to speak expressing oneself clearly talkable
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Passe
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behind the times old fashioned past its usefullness
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melancholy
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a depression of spirits sadness
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premise
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a proposition supporting a conclusion -a house or building and its ground
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umbrage
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resentful displeasure; personal offense -resentment
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rectitude
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straightness; upright conduct or charecter -honesty righteousness
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interdict
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prohibition; an order forbitting something -law
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palliation
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reduction of violence; moderation of intensity -calming
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reconnaissance
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a preliminary survey to gain information -examination
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undulate
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to form or move in waves -fluctuate
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propensities
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natural inclinations -leanings, tendencies
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cantankerous
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ill natured quarrelsome ornery
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altercation
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(n) a noisy or angry dispute -argument
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habiliments
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style of dress characterisic of an occupation uniform
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austere
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stern and forbidding in appearence
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prerogative
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exclusive or special right -privledge
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obliquely
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indirectly; not upright and moral
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infallible
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incapable of error; certain; sure
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acquiescence
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acceptance; giving in
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sullen
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gloomy; resentfully silent or repressed
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futility
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uselessness worthless
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venerable
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respected or admired
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formidable
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causing fear, dread, or apprehension; awe inspireing
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corroborating
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supporting with evidence or authority -proving
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acrimonious
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biting or rancorous especially in feeling -sarcastic
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haughty
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disdainfully proud; arrogant
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mollified
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appeased; assuaged -calm
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unmitigated
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not lessened in intensity or severity; unrelieved
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temerity
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rashness;foolishness -audacity
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integrity
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honesty; incorruptibility
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cynical
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critical and distrustful of human nature; skeptical- (ant) optimistic
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credibility
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believability; plausibility
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furtive
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secretive surreptitious -(ant)straightforward
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wryly
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ironically humorous -sarcastic
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adamant
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unyielding; inflexible insistant
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sordid
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base ,vily, filthy -(ant)clean pure noble
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impertinence
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insolence, rudness; disrespectfullness
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persecuted
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harassed; made to suffer because of one beliefs- oppossed
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irascible
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marked by hot temper and easily provoked to anger; cranky
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garishly
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glaringly; flasily; gaudily
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