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Unit 7 Vocab.
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11th Grade
02/01/2006

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Allay
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to calm or pacify, set to rest, to lessen or relieve.


reduce
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Bestial
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beastlike, beasty, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility


animal, depraved, loathsome
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Convivial
Definition
festive,sociable, having fun together, genial


-fun-loving,jovial, merry
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coterie
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a circle of acquaintence; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common intrest

clique, set
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coterie
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a circle of acquaintence; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common intrest

clique, set
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Counterpart
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a person or thing closelt resembling or corresponding to another; a complement


match
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Demur
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to object or take exception to, an objection


-protest, object ot
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Effrontery
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Shameless boldness,impudence
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Embellish
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to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details


ornament,garnish
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Ephemeral
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lasting onlly a short time, short-lived



fleeting, transient, evansecent, transitory
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Felicitous
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approptiate,well chosen; marked by well-being oor good fortune, happy
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Furtive
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done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty, stoleng
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Garish
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glaring,tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way
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Illusory
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misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality


imaginary
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Indigent
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needy, impoverished



penniless
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Inordinate
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far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive


extravagant
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Jettison
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to cast overboard,get rid of as unecessary or burdensome


dump,cast off
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Misanthrope
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very persistent, holding firmly to a course of action or a set beliefs, hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied.


stubborn
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picayune
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of little value or importance, partly, concerned with trifting matters, samll-minded
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