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Vocabulary 5
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Literature
11th Grade
11/03/2008

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Assertion
Definition
the act of declaring something, a claim or declaration stated positively
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Inexplicable
Definition
impossible to explain or understand
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Coherent
Definition
consistent, connected, clearly expressed
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Surmise
Definition
to guess or suppose, a guess based on little evidence
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Fulminate
Definition
to talk or argue violently and loudly, to denounce, to explode suddenly
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Quixotic
Definition
impractically idealistic, marked by a romantic notion of chivalric ideas and deeds.
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Noncommittal
Definition
not commiting to any one position, not revealing ones purpose o position
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Proboscis
Definition
the long snout of an animal, a nose
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Goad
Definition
a prod for driving cattle, to urge
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Anagram
Definition
a word or phrase formed from another word or phrase by changing the order of the letters
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