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Vocab Quiz 6 Review
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Literature
10th Grade
08/16/2012

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imminent
Definition
about to take place; happening soon
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torpid
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sluggish; dull; lacking enthusiasm
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verbose
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very talkative; loquacious
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ludicrous
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absurd; ridiculous
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wastrel
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a person who wastes money of resources
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wax
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to grow larger gradually
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malleable
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able to be reshaped; pliable; impressionable
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petulance
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grouchiness
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censure
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to criticize
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extemporaneous
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done without planning; improvised
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predecessor
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an earlier occupant of a job, office, or position
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archaic
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old; antiquated
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bumptious
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pushy; obnoxiously self-assertive
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clemency
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mercy
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culpable
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guilty; blameworthy
(think of culprit)
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acclaim
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praise; applaud
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enmity
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mutual enemy
(think of enemy)
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stagnant
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motionless; unchanging; dull
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plausible
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believable, but not completely
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quarantine
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forced isolation to prevent the spread of disease
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