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Vocab Chapters 7 & 8
Wordbook 8 by Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation
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Language - English
11th Grade
10/09/2007

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Ratiocination
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N; Reasoning
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Truculent
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Adj; fierce, belligerent, pugnacious
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Nacreous
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adj; pearly, lustrous
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Temerity
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N; rashness, effrontery, audacity
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Adjure
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v; command, enjoin, entreat
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Asperity
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N; harshness, acerbity, severity, irratability
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Gainsay
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V; to deny, contradict
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Extirpate
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v; to annihilate, exterminate, root out

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Ingenuous
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adj; naive, natural, artless
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Insouciant
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adj; carefree, unconcerned
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Sanguine
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adj; hopeful, optimistic, confident
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Sedulous
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adj; diligent, industrious
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Sentient
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ajd; conscious, aware, capable of feeling

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Sobriquet
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N; a nickname
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spate
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n; a flood, outpouring, deluge
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Apposite
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adj; fitting, suitable, appropriate
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Callow
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adj; immature, inexperienced, unsophisticated
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Contumacious
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adj; rebelious, insubordinate
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counterpane
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N; a bedspread, coverlet
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cupidity
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N; greed, avarice, rapacity
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Officious
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adj; meddlesome, impertinent, intrusive
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Prolix
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adj; wordy, verbose, long-winded
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Ukase
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N; an edict, decree
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Animus
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N; hostility, animosity, enmity
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Atelier
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N; a workshop, artisit's studio
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Evanescent
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adj; vanish, fleeting, impermanent
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Pertinacious
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Adj; obstinate, stubborn, persistent
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Pileous
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Adj; hairy, furry
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punctilious
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adj; attentive to fine points, careful, precise, scrupulous
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comity
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N; civility, mutual courtesy
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