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Advancing Vocab Skills Unit 2
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11th Grade
09/28/2010

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equivocate
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to be deliberately vague in order to mislead
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Solicitous
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showing or expressing concern, care, or attention
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fortuitous
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happening by chance, by accident, or at random: lucky
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impeccable
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Faultless; perfect
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liaison
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a person who serves as a connection between individuals or groups; a go-between
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predisposed
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Tending toward or open to something beforehand
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propensity
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A natural preference of tendency
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reprehensible
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deserving of blame criticism, or disapproval
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sham
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a pretense or counterfeit; something meant to deceive
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solace
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comfort in sorrow or misfortune: consolation
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Sanction
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to authorize, allow, or approve
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inundate
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to cover, as by flooding; overwhelm with a large number or amount
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circumvent
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To avoid by going around or as if by going around; to escape from, prevent, or stop through cleverness
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reticent
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quit or uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out
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robust
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Healthy and strong; vigorous
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cohesive
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sticking or holding together; infield
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vociferous
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Noisy; expressing feeling loudly and intensely
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attrition
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A gradual natural decrease in number; becoming fewer in number
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grievous
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causing grief or pain; very serious or severe
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oblivious
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unaware; failing to notice
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-ism
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Doctrine, system, practice of
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fid
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trust, faith, loyalty
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rect
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Straight, right
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a-, an-
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Without, lacking, not
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prim, prime
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First (in order or importance)
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ver
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True, real
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sym-, syn-
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with, together
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nov
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New, original, fresh
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pan
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all
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bibl-, Biblio-
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Book
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Depreciate
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to fall or decrease in value or price; to lower the value of
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indiscriminate
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not chosen carefully; not based on careful selection
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sedentary
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marked by much sitting; requiring or talking little exercise
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tenet
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a belief or principle held to be true by an individual of group
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terse
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brief and clear; effectively concise
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bolster
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to hold up, strengthen, or reinforce; support with a rigid object
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inquisitive
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curios; eager to learn
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replete
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Plentifully supplied; well-filled
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nebulous
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vague; unclear
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relegate
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to assign to a less important or less satisfying position, place, or condition
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Utopia
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an ideal or perfect place or state; place achieving social or political perfection
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Raucous
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noisy and disorderly
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recourse
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A source of help, security, or strength; something to turn to; option
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Bureaucratic
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insisting on strict rule and routine, often to the point of hindering effectiveness
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reiterate
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To state again or repeatedly
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autonomy
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Independence; self-government
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mandate
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a group's expressed wishes; clear signal to act; vote of confidence
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ostracize
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to expel or exclude or value; the same as
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tantamount
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Equal in effect or value; the same as
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tenacious
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Holding firmly; persistent; stubborn
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liability
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Something that acts as a disadvantage; a drawback
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clandestine
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done in secret; kept hidden
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incongruous
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out of place; having parts that are not in harmony or that are inconsistent
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contingency
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A possible future event that must be prepared for or guarded against; possibility
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indigenous
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Living, growing, or produced naturally in a particular place; native
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superfluous
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beyond what is needed, wanted, or useful; extra
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prolific
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producing many works, results, or offspring; fertile
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exonerate
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to clear of an accusation or change; prove innocent
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egocentric
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self-centered; seeing everything in terms of oneself
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reinstate
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to restore to a previous position or condition; bring back into being use
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