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English
12th Grade
10/21/2008

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Allege
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to assert without proof, confirmation. claim contend
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Arrant

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thourghgoing out and out shamless blatant egregerious unmitigated
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badinage
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light and playful conversation banter persiflage repartee
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Fatuous
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stupid or foolish in a self satisfied way
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paucity
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an inadequate quantity scarcity dearth lack
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portend
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to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
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saturnine
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of a gloomy or surly disposition cold or sluggish in mood sullen morose
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slough
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to cast off discard to get rid of somehting objectionable or unnecessary to plod through as if mud a mire a state of depression shed slog
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acclamation
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a hsout of welcome an overwhelming vote of approval ovation cheering plaudits
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bucolic
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characteristic of the countryside rural relating to shepards and cowherds pastoral rustic
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caluminate
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to slander to accuse falsly and maliciously defame libel
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chary
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extremely caustious hesitant or slow reserved diffident wary skittish
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collusion
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secret agreement or cooperation conspiracy plot connivance cahoots
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dillettante
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a dabbler in the arts one who engages in a activity in an amerteurish trifling way superficial
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imperturbable
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not easily excited emotionally steady
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benign
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gentle kind forgiving undersatnding having a favorable or beneficial effect not malignant benelovent salutary saubrious harmless
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inure
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to toughen harden to render used to something by long subjection or exposure accustom acclimate
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obsequious
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marked by slavish attentivness excessively submissive often for purely self interesed reasons
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obtuse
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blunt not coming to a point slow or dull in understanding measuring between 90 and 180 degrees not causing a sharp impression stupid dumb thick mild dull-witted
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peremtory
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having the nature of a command that leaves no opportuntiy for debate denial or refusal offensively self assured dictorial determined resolute high handed unconditional
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rebuff
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to snub repel drive away a curt rejection a check spurn repulse reject setback
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sporadic
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occuring at irregular intervals having no set plan or order
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abrogate
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to repel cancel declare null and void annul revoke
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ambient
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completely surrounding encompassing
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asperity
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roughness severity bitterness tartness rigor harshness
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cabal
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a small group working in secret clique ring gang plot conspiracy
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deprecate
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to express mild disapproval to belittle deplore frown aupon
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detritus
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loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disenegration or wearing away fragments that result from distruction debris wreckage ruins rubble
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flaccid
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limp not firm lacking vogor or effectivness soft flabby
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inexorable
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inflexible beyond influence relentless unyielding inescapable ineluctable obdurate
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moribund
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dying on the way out obsolete
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necromancer
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one who claims to reveal or influence the futur through magic esecially through the dead sorcerer conjurer
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onerous
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burdensome involving hardship or difficulty oppressive weighty
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winnow
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to get rid of something unwanted delete ot sift through to obtain what is desired sift strain filter sort
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