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week nine & ten
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Literature
10th Grade
09/08/2010
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Term
flout
 Definition

to mock, treat with contempt

 

Verb
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caveat
 Definition

a warning or action

Noun

cave - caveat
Term
blazon
 Definition
to adorn or embezzle
Term
filch
 Definition

to steal

in sneaky ways

Verb
Term
fractious
 Definition

troublesome

 

adj
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equitable
 Definition

fair

just

embodying principles of justice

 

adj
Term
autonomy
 Definition
self government
Term
addendum
 Definition
addition
Term
amnesty
 Definition
great pardon for offense against government
Term
axiomatic
 Definition
self evident
Term
extricate
 Definition

free from entaglements. (exit)

verb
Term
soporific
 Definition
tending to cause sleep(adj) or something that induces sleep(noun)
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scathing
 Definition
bitterly severe
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unwieldy
 Definition
not easily carried
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vapid
 Definition
dull uniteresting
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prognosticate
 Definition
prediction
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sepulchral
 Definition
funereal,tomb funeral like
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salutary
 Definition
beneficial, healthy
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straitlaced
 Definition
extremely strict
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scourge
 Definition

(V.) whip punish

(N.)cause of affliction or suffering
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precept
 Definition
rule of conduct or action
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transient
 Definition

(Adj.)lasting a short time, fleeting

(N.) one who stays a short time
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