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Semester 1
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9th Grade
12/16/2012

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Alist
Definition
Making a list
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Amiable
Definition
Friendly, showing pleasant
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Anecdotes
Definition
Short historical account
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Antagonize
Definition
Be unfriendly, make an enemy
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Apoplectic
Definition
Having a stroke
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Asinine
Definition
Foolish
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Austere
Definition
Strict
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Benign
Definition
Gracious, gentleness
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Brevity
Definition
shortness or briefness
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Candid
Definition
open, sincere, outspoken, unformal, honest
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Caricature
Definition
exaggerated, description in writing, drawing
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Changelings
Definition
someone that takes the place of another
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Concession
Definition
permission, privelege, deal
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Connive
Definition
to plot, to scheme
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Constraint
Definition
limited, restrictions
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Contentious
Definition
causing, involved in an argument
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Convalescent
Definition
a person who is recovering from being ill
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Corroborate
Definition
confirm, to make certain
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Deportees
Definition
to banish one from the country
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Devoid
Definition
untouching, to strip of some quality
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Discern
Definition
recoginize, apprehend, see
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Eccentric
Definition
something odd
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Ecclesiastic
Definition
person in religous orders, pertaining to the church
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Encumbered
Definition
to weigh down, to weigh down with
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Emigration
Definition
an act of moving to a new place
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Fallible
Definition
being mistaken, liable to be false, not accurate
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Feral
Definition
untamed or wild
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Fey
Definition
unreal, strange, otherworldly
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Flighty
Definition
light headed, crazy, irresponsible
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Florid
Definition
reddish, rosy, elaborate
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Foray
Definition
quick attack, make a raid, to invade
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Furtive
Definition
secret, sly, sneaky, secretive
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Gallant
Definition
brave, bold, a brave man, to escort a lady
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Garish
Definition
flashy, colorful, elaborate, bright
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Heathen
Definition
someone who doesn't believe in the Christian God
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Hermetically
Definition
airtight
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Illicit
Definition
not legally permitted, unlicensed, unauthorized
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Impertinence
Definition
inappropriateness, boldness
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Impudent
Definition
shameless, bold, cocky, being a jerk, sassy, rude
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Indigenous
Definition
native to an area
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Infantile
Definition
childish or babyish
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Iota
Definition
a small quantity
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Irascible
Definition
easily angered, easily irritable, crabby
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Irk
Definition
to irritate, to annoy
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Livid
Definition
dark or bluish appearance caused by a bruise
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Lucidity
Definition
the quality of easily being understood
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Malevolent
Definition
wanting bad or harm towards others
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Malignant
Definition
cause harm, suffering, dangerous, harmful
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Manacle
Definition
handcuff, to handcuff
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Melancholy
Definition
a gloomy state of mind, depression
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Mollify
Definition
to soften in feeling, reduce, soften
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Mortify
Definition
embarrass, to humiliate one
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Nebulous
Definition
unclear, hazy, cloudy
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Notoriety
Definition
someone famous for something bad, infamous, ex::Lindsey Lohan - drugs
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Notorious
Definition
famously known for something bad
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Oblique
Definition
neither perpendicular nor parrallel but at an angle of 45 degrees, to change direction
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Obstreperous
Definition
resisting control, restraint in a difficult manner, noisy
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Pauper
Definition
a very poor person, a person who relies on charity or funds
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Pestilential
Definition
harmful
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Primeval
Definition
pertaining to the first of the ages, acient
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Profane
Definition
unholy, to misuse, to treat badly
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Profoundly
Definition
deep, far beneath the obvious
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Recluse
Definition
a person who lives apart from society, monk
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Repertoire
Definition
list, collection,
list of...
skills, performers, artistic works
Term
Reprimand
Definition
oral punishment
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Sojourn
Definition
a brief vacation/trip, visit
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Spurious
Definition
non-genuine, fake
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Squalor
Definition
filfth and misery, poverty
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Succinct
Definition
comressed into a small area, close fitting
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Surname
Definition
a name that is common in the family
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Sullen
Definition
showing irritation, ill humor
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Tacit
Definition
being understood without being openly expressed, silent, unvoiced
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Taut
Definition
tense, tidy, neat
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Tenet
Definition
any opinion, group, philosophy
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Tirade
Definition
abuse, outburst of bitterness
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Treatise
Definition
a formal writing longer than an essay
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Trousseau
Definition
an outfit or household linen for a bride
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Vehement
Definition
charecterized by anger, violence, passionate, opiniated, strongly emotional
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Veneer
Definition
front, beginning, pre, cover, layer
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Vex
Definition
bother, annoy, irritate, to torment
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Viscous
Definition
being constent, being a fluid that results force to flow
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Wary
Definition
careful, cautious, watchful
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Protagonist
Definition
hero, leading character
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Setting
Definition
where the story is taking place and the time setting most of the story
Term
Simile
Definition
comparing two objects using the words like or as
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Metonymy
Definition
Reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes.
Term
Personification
Definition
giving living attributes to an inanimate object
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Antagonist
Definition
the opposing person from the protaganist, the opposer
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Theme
Definition
the main idea that the author exresses
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Hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
a word that imitates a sound
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Oxymoron
Definition
a combination of words that contradict each other; the cruel kindness
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Plot
Definition
the storyline, the plan or the scheme
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Metaphor
Definition
comparing two objects
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Irony
Definition
the written words that mean the opposite of the literal meaning
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Paradox
Definition
an opinion or statement opposite to a commonly accepted opinion
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Mood
Definition
the attitude that the author has toward the subject he/she is writing about
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blandishments
Definition
flattering talk
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convoy
Definition
to escort for protection, the act of escorting for protection
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latter
Definition
last, near the end
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raucous
Definition
rowdy, disorderly, harsh
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sabotage
Definition
to create an intentional problem
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lamentation
Definition
the act of expressing sorrow for another
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emaciated
Definition
abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease
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elapsed
Definition
time slipping or passing by
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feeble
Definition
physically weak from age or sickness
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relentlessly
Definition
won't give up
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apathy
Definition
lack of interest in
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dregs
Definition
the least valuable part of anything
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vitality
Definition
power to live or grow
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tether
Definition
leash, rope, chain, harness
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contagion
Definition
the communication of disease
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plaintive
Definition
expressing sorrow
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recesses
Definition
inner area or part, to take a break from something
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quell
Definition
put an end to, vanish, defeat
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