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100 Words Everyone Should Know
Brunzell CP English
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English
12th Grade
09/26/2010

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Abjure
Definition
To take back or withdraw
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Belie
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To falsify or distort
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Chicanery
Definition
Devious, dishonesty, trickery
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Deciduous
Definition
Falling off of/shedding seasonally/at a certain stage.
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Enervate
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Lacking physical, mental, or moral strength
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Facetious
Definition
Joking or jesting at an inappropriate time
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Gamete
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A special reproductive cell used in sexual reproduction
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Hegemony
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Domination or authority over others
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Impeach
Definition
To charge a public official with a crime.
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Jejune
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Bland or lack of excitement
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Kinetic
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Displaying energy or lively
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Laissez-faire
Definition
Non interference in the affairs of others
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Metamorphosis
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Change over or transformation
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Nanotechnology
Definition
microscopic devices
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Obsequious
Definition
excessively eager to serve or obey
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Parabola
Definition
Something bowl-shaped
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Quasar
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a starlike object that emits a powerful blue light
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Sanguine
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Blood red or ruddy
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Tautology
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Redundant or excessive wordiness
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Vacuous
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emptied of or lacking content
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Winnow
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To remove by a current of air
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Xenophobe
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one who is unduly fearful of something foreign, especially people
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Yeoman
Definition
An attendant in a noble household
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