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Dante Club Vocab 3
The Dante Club Vocab 3 Ms.Land's class
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Literature
11th Grade
11/09/2008

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Maimed
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To disable or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body
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Sentient
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characterized by sensation and consciousness
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Probatively
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serving or designed for testing or trial
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Lethe
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a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it
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Impediment
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obstruction; hindrance; obstacle
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Prerogative
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an exclusive right, privilege
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Palpable
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readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident
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Scourge
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a cause of affliction or calamity
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Apocalypse
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any universal or widespread destruction or disaster
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August
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venerable; eminent
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Pamphlet
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a short treatise or essay, generally a controversial tract, on some subject of contemporary interest
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Manikin
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a little man; dwarf; pygmy
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Surreptitiously
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acting in a stealthy way
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Blackguard
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a low, contemptible person; scoundrel
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Bosh
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absurd or foolish talk; nonsense
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Pernicious
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causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful
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Insolent
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boldly rude or disrespectful
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Respite
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a delay or postponement
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Progenitor
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a biologically related ancestor
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Sweat box
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a box or cell in which a prisoner is punished or given the third degree
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Louse
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a contemptible person, esp. an unethical one
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Implausibility
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lack of credibility
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Bucolic
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of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life
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Perilous
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involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous
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