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Inherit the Wind Vocab
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Language - English
9th Grade
05/14/2008

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Indignantly
Definition
filled with or marked with indignation
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Vagrants

Definition
people with no jobs and wonder from place to place
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Extradite
Definition
to turn over the jurisdictionof another country
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Contempt
Definition
the condition of being despised
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Unctuously
Definition
insincerely smooth in speech and manner
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Infidel
Definition
one who opposes christianity
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Haughtily
Definition
having or showing great pride in oneself and contempt for others; arrogant
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Benign
Definition
favorable, beneficial
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Patriarch
Definition
the father and head of a family or tribe
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Paunchy
Definition
a pot belly
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Indeterminate
Definition
doubtful or inconclusive
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Municipality
Definition
an urban political unit with corporate status and powers of self government
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Suffrage
Definition
right to vote
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Vested
Definition
fully and unconditionally guaranteed as a legal right, benefit, or privilage
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Confer
Definition
to give or bestow
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Indict
Definition
to change with fault or offense
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Agnostic
Definition
one who believes it impossible to know if God exists
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Blithely
Definition
cheerful, carefree, light-hearted
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Heretic
Definition
a church member who holds beliefs opposed to church dogma
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Valise

Definition
suitcase
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Petulant
Definition
marked by ill humor
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Askance
Definition
with suspicion, disapproval
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Affable
Definition
pleasant, friendly
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Piously
Definition
having or showing religious devotion
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Firmament
Definition
earliest
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Writhe
Definition
to twist and turn
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Impassively
Definition
not feeling or showing emotion; calm
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Effrontery
Definition
impudence; audacity
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Imbecilities
Definition
a foolish or stupid person
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Arbitrary
Definition
left to one's judgement
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Incontrovertible
Definition
not open to question
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Grandiose
Definition
pompous and showy
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Precepts
Definition
a rule of moral conduct
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Prolific
Definition
turning out many products of the mind
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Unassailable
Definition
not liable to doubt, attack, or question
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Mélange
Definition
a mixture
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Cavalcade
Definition
a procession, as of horesmen, carriages
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Exultant
Definition
to rejoice greatly; glory
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Deference
Definition
a yielding in opinion, judgement
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Innocuously
Definition
harmless
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Insinuate
Definition
to introduce or work into gradually
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