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Inherit the Wind
Ms.McDaniels
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Literature
10th Grade
12/13/2011
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Extradite
 Definition
To hand over a criminal
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Contempt
 Definition
scorn, lack of respect
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Patriarch
 Definition
a man who is founder of a group
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Agnostic
 Definition
A person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as god) is unkown and probably unknowable.
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Indict
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To charge with a crime
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Jauntily
 Definition
in a livley manner
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Heretic
 Definition
Person with unorthodox beliefs
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Fray
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Fight
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Rancid
 Definition
Spoiled; rotting
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Appraise
 Definition
to judge or estimate the value of
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Cynical
 Definition
distrusting
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Incredulity
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disbelief
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Ominous
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threatening
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Impartial
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fair; unbiased
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hypothetical
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assumed, supposed, conditional
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Preposterous
 Definition
rediculous, impossible
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Pariah
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outcast
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Animosity
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hatred, hostility
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biased
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one-sided
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Benign
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Kindly, gracious
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Effrontery
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boldness; presumption
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Perfunctorily
 Definition
uninterested, routinely, indifferently
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Demeanor
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Behavior
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Fatuity
 Definition
follishness; presumption
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irrelevant
 Definition
beside the point, unimportant
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Unorthodox
 Definition
Unconventional, nonconformist
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Grandiose
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Showy, impressive
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Perdition
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Ruin, hell
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Deluded
 Definition
fooled, tricked
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Inarticulate
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Unable to speak
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Audacity
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Boldness, daring, nerve
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Melange
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Mixture
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Barren
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Unproductive, dull
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Precedent
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A legal decision which serves as an example in future cases
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Innocuously
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Harmlessly
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Hypocrite
 Definition
A person who pretends to be what he is not.
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Insinuate
 Definition
to hint or suggest
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