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Transcendentalism: Friendship Vocab
Vocab Set 1. Quiz on 11-11-09
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10th Grade
11/08/2009
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antagonism
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hostility
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amity
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friendship; peaceful relations
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apathies
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lapses of caring or concern
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apprehension
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the ability to be understood
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audacious
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bold
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austere
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somber and grave; strict in discipline
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bower
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a temporary structure covered with leaves and flowers
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capacious
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able to recieve or contain
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confounding
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ruining; confusing
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connives
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pretends to be ignorant of; conspires
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consuetudes
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customs
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consummation
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the ultimate goal
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curricle
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a two-wheeled carriage drawn by horses
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deify
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to worship as a god; to exalt
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desecrate
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to violate or destroy the sacredness of
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diadems
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crowns, jewels
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diastole
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the relaxation of the heart; opposite of systole
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dissimulation
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deception
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effigy
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an imitation or likeness
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empyream
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relating to heaven
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ennuis
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feelings of boredom or depression
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environs
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surrounds
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epilepsies
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seizures or spasms
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evanescent
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like a vapor; vanishin
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festoons
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ribbons, garlands
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frivolous
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trivial; silly
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harbinger
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an omen or predictor
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indulged
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allowed; given in to
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intercourse
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communication between people
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languid
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slow; not energetic
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lucre
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money or profit
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maugre
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in spite of
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metamorphosed
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transformed
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metaphysical
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supernatural; not percievable by the senses
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mien
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the facial expression
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misapprehension
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a misconception or misunderstanding
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modish
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stylish; fashionable
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municipal
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relating to local society or government
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nettle
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thorn
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nimblest
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the quickest and most agile
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nonage
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immaturity
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palpitation
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a trembling
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paradox
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something that contradicts itself
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parry
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to ward off
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piques
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excites or stirs up
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prostitution
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cheap, frequent use
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rebuked
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criticized; chastised
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reveries
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rhapsodies; pleasant considerations
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semblance
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a likeness
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sublime
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majestic; supreme
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substantiate
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to make real; give substance to
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superinduces
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brings on in addition
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sutler
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someone who sells small goods to soldiers
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systole
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the contraction of the heart; opposite of diastole
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tantamount
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almost the same as
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unfathomed
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not comprehended
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unrequited
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without having the same emotion returned
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unsought
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without being looked for
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vitiates
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corrupts or debases
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