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Vocab Quiz 4 Review
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Literature
10th Grade
08/16/2012
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baleful
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harmful; menacing
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banal
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boring; trite; insipid
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opaque
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too dark or thick for light to pass through
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jargon
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specialized language used by a particular group
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imbue
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to fill as with a strong dye or a strong feeling; to infuse
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fastidious
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difficult to please
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avarice
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greed; gluttony
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astute
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wise; insight-fully clever; shrewd
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rotund
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round
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reticent
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quiet; uncommunicative
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marred
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spoiled; scratched; blemished
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lugubrious
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mournful; sorrowful
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eccentric
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different from most, especially in personality or behavior
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eclectic
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choosing from many different sources
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hackneyed
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unoriginal; trite
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hamper
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to interfere with movement or progress
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decadence
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moral decay or decline
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defame
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to say things harmful to a person's reputation; malign or vilify
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fallacious
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false; misleading
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garbled
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changed so much that the original meaning has been distorted or scrambled
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