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American Lit Midterm Vocabulary
vocab from scarlet letter and textbook
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Literature
10th Grade
01/07/2010
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edifice
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a large opposing building
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throng
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a crowd of people
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indubitably
 Definition
undoubtedly
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venerable
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deserving of respect
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meager
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thin, little, small amount
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autumnal
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maturity, referring to autumn
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diabolical
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characteristic of the devil
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tenaciously
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persistently
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visage
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facial appearance
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unadulterated
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pure
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scurrilous
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grossly or obscenely abusive
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sojourn
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temporary stay
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obstinacy
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stubbornness
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prattle
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babble
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sexton
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church official
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mutability
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prone to chance
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thwarted
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stoppped
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inextricable
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incapable of being disentangled
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emaciated
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abnormally thin or lean
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listlessness
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lack of interest
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bedizen
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to dress in a showy manner
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eccentricities
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unusual characteristics
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zenith
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the highest point
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petulant
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unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered, peevish
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somniferous
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to make sleepy
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ignominy
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disgrace, dishonor, public comtempt
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caprice
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an impulsive change of mind
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vivacious
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lively, full of life
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malignant
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evil in nature
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tumult
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violent noisy commotion
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temperance
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eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation
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sincerity
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use no hurtful deceit, think innocently and justly
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pilfer
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steal
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palisades
 Definition
large point stakes set in the ground to form a fence
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conceits
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strange or fanciful ideas
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mollified
 Definition
soothed, calmed
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peril
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danger
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loath
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reluctant, unwilling
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sundry
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various, different
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recompense
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reward, repayment
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manifold
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in many ways
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persevere
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persist, be steadfast in purpose
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omnipotent
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all-powerful
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ineffable
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inexpressable
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dolorous
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sad, mournful
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arduous
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difficult
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avarice
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greed
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vigilance
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watchfullness
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disposition
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management
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foppery
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foolishness
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felicity
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happiness, bliss
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squander
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spend or use wastefully
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fasting
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eating very little or nothing
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unalienable
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not to be taken away
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usurpation
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unlawful seizure of rights or privileges
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perfidy
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betrayal of trust
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redress
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compensation for a wrong done
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magnanimity
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ability to rise above pettiness or meanness, generosity
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acquiesce
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agree without protest
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consanguinity
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kinship
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ostentation
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boastful display
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parsimony
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stinginess
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importunate
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insistent
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munificent
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generous
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equivocal
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having more than one possible interpretation
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appellation
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name or title
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specious
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seeming to be good without actually being so
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sentience
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capacity of feeling
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obeisance
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gesture of respect
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craven
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very cowardly
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bivouac
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temporary encampment
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efface
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erase, wipe
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sepulcher
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tomb
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gloaming
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evening dusk
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querulous
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complaining
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connate
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existing naturally, innate
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divines
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clergy
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bastions
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fortifications
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evitable
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avoidable
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expedient
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resource
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posterity
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all succeeding generations
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alacrity
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speed
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cornice
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projecting decorative molding along the top of a building
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finite
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having measurable or definable limits
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abeyance
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temporary suspension
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effuse
 Definition
pour out
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