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Vocab Quiz 8 Review
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Literature
10th Grade
03/13/2012

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Cupidity
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greed; especially for money
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diatribe
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a bitterly critical speech
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inert
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lacking movement; inactive
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celerity
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speed
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choler
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anger
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meticulous
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exttremely careful about details
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extol
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praise
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incite
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to arouse to action; to foment
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candor
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honsety; frankness
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gullible
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easily deceived
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garner
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to collect; gather; accumulate; earn
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incessant
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continuous; endless
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girth
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the distance around an object; the circumference
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impair
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to weaken in strength or value
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myraid
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a large number; many
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magnate
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a person of great power
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mundane
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earthy (not spiritual); practical; temporary
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novelty
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something new or unusual
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ratify
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to approve by formal vote
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advocate
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support; plead for; speak on behalf of
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