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vocab 2
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11th Grade
09/14/2006

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ablution
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a cleansing with water or other liquid, esp. as a religious ritual.
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accoutrement
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personal clothing, accessories. sometimes with soldiers
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aggregate
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added together, total
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allegro
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brisk or rapid in tempo.
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anthropomorphic
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resembling a human form
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apocryphal
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of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
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ascribe
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to credit
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autumnal
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belonging to or suggestive of autumn
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avoirdupois
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the system of weights in British and U.S, body weight
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bestial
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of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast, beast like
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bombastic
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a use or a user of language more elaborate than is justified by or appropriate to the content being expressed
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bumptious
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offensively self-assertive, pushy
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caesura
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a break, esp. a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
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cerebration
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cerebration
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clandestine
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secret, private
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colloquial
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conversational, informal writing or speech
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concomitant
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existing or occurring with something else, accompanying;
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constituents
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Serving as part of a whole; a constituent part
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cosmopolitan
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free from local, provincial, or national ideas, belongs to all the world
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craven
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cowardly; contemptibly timid;
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de facto
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replacable with, in fact blah blah blah
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demure
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characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
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diabolical
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having the qualities of a devil;
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didactic
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educational; instructive: didactic poetry.
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disparity
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inequality; difference
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doyen
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the eldest or senior member of a group.
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effulgent
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shining forth brilliantly; radiant.
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endemic
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native; indigenous
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envisage
Definition
to contemplate; visualize:
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erstwhile
Definition
former; of times past:
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expatiate
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to enlarge in discourse or writing; basically to repeat over and over and be clear
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extirpate
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to remove or destroy totally I WILL EXTIRPATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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febrile
Definition
pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish.
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flotsam
Definition
stuff found floating on the water
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fracas
Definition
a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl
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fruition
Definition
attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: ....basically, ME
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glutton
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KARA FEIGER a person who eats and drinks excessively
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gratis
Definition
free
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haughty
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snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious
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hirsute
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hairy; shaggy. anthony
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