English I Honors Week 12 Vocab

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Wish to do evil to others.

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Malevolent

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Formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.

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Dictum

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Abnormal interest in disturbing subjects, especially death and disease.

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Morbid

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Attractively unusual or old-fashioned.

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Quaint

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Unconventional and slightly strange behavior.

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Eccentric

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Originating naturally in a place; native.

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Indigenous

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Preference or bias for something.

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Predilection

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Forbidden by law, rules, or custom.

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Illicit

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Deduction or implication that follows logically from something else.

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Entailment

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Excessive tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.

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Sentimentality