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Vocab. List 3
The third vocab. list.
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8th Grade
10/05/2011
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peculation
 Definition
the act of stealing
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imprecation
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the act of cursing
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dotage
 Definition
a decline of mental faculties
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abrogate
 Definition
to abolish by official or formal means
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archaic
 Definition
marked by the characteristics of an earlier period
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syncopated
 Definition
marked by syncopation
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munificence
 Definition
the quality of being munificent
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dialectic
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of the nature of logical argumentation
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iconoclast
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a person who attacks cherished beliefs as being based on error or superstition
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proselytize
 Definition
to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte
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connote
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to suggest in addition to the primary meaning
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denote
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to be a mark or sign of
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conscript
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to draft for military or naval service
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usurp
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to size and hold by force or without legal right
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rejoinder
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an answer to a reply
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myopic
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unable or unwilling to act prudently
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chimerical
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unreal
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afflatus
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inspiration
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affectation
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an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed
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ergo
 Definition
therefore
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