English 3 Week 5 Vocab

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(n) - a word or phrase formed by rearranging letters

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Anagram

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(n) - a prod for driving cattle; anything that drives or urges; an irritating stimulus (v) to prod into action; to urge

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Goad

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(adj) - not committing to any position or course of action; not revealing one’s purpose

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Noncommittal

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(n) - declaring something; a claim stated positively

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Assertion

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(adj) - impractically idealistic; marked by romantic notions of noble deeds

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Quixotic

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(adj) - logically connected; consistent; clearly expressed

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Coherent

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(v) - to talk or argue violently; to denounce; to explode suddenly

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Fulminate

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(n) - long snout of an animal; a prominent nose; tubular organ

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Proboscis

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(adj) - impossible to explain or understand

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Inexplicable

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v) - to guess or suppose (n) - a guess with little evidence

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Surmise