Vocab Week 11

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Anathema
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n. A curse
Auger
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n. A tool used for drilling teeth
Bicuspid
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n. Any of 8 adult teeth w/ 2-pointed crowns
Capstan
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n. A large cylinder, turned by hand, and cables are wound.
Congenial
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adj. compatible; friendly.
Crypt
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n. An underground chamber/vault
Derivative
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adj. Arrived at through complex reasoning
Docile
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adj. Obedient
Embrasure
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n. An opening
Extort
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v. To obtain by threat
Frippery
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n. A snowy display of elegance
Guffaw
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v. To laugh in a loud coarse manner
Inanimate
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adj. Not endowed w/life
Interminable
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adj. Seeming to last forever
Jocularity
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n. A joking good manner
Lusty
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adj. Strong; hearty
Medicant
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n. A beggar
Obtuse
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adj. Slow to understand
Pensive
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adj. Thinking deeply/seriously
Pine
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adj. To have an intense longing/desire

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