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Vocab Quiz 3 Review
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Literature
10th Grade
08/16/2012

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belie
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to give an impression that is the opposite of the way things really are; to misrepresent
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bombast
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speech or writing intended to impress the audience; pompous speech
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jocular
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joking; playful; jesting; witty
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germane
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relevant; fitting
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quandary
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state of confusion or doubt; a dilemma
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paucity
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too few; scarcity
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apathy
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lack of interest or concern
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appease
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to calm; pacify
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obsolete
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no longer usable; outdated
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partisan
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blindly devoted to a cause or organization
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enigma
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mystery or puzzle
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ethereal
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heavenly; fine; delicately beautiful
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disparage
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to say negative things; to belittle
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disparate
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different
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contrite
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sorry; penitent
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acquiescent
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reluctantly agreeable; compliant
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adamant
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refusing to change; stubborn; unyielding
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abstract
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theoretical; not concrete
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aloof
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detached; apart; indifferent
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deride
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to make fun of; to ridicule
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