You also received a vocabulary sheet, which is due tomorrow, and which is copied below:
New Vocabulary! At Long Last! (List #4)
WORD
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DEFINITION
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P.O.S.
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Inaudible
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Cower
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Din
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Taut
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Writhe
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Impregnable
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Ominous
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Surly
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Spent (adj.)
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Unscathed
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Flail
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Truncheon
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Plaintive
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Incredulous
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Brandish
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Contrite, contrition
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Impassive
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Dispassionate
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Gape, gaping
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Oblivious
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Semblance
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Indelible
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Incessant
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Pittance
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Precipitous
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Precarious
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Innate
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Congenital
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Deviance, deviant
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Sporadic
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Wreak
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Fulcrum
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Curry (verb)
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Nemesis
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Emaciated
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Lethargic
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Tenacity, tenacious
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Commensurate
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Portent, portend
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Harbinger
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Vigil, vigilant, vigilante
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Inexorable
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Sumptuous
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You also submitted your "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and took a quote quiz on this article.
Finally, we read and discussed David Brooks's "The Real Mitt," the link to which is copied below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/opinion/brooks-the-real-romney.html?_r=0
See you tomorrow!
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