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AP Eng Lang 03
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11th Grade
10/15/2009
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Condescending
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treating people as weak or inferior
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Contemptuous
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feeling hatred; scornful
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Despotic
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exercising absolute power; tyrannical
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Dictatorial
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domineering; oppressively overbearing
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Disdain
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contempt, scorn; to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
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Haughty
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arrogant; vainly proud
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Imperious
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arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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Patronizing
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treating in a condescending manner
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Convoluted
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intricate; complex
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Cryptic
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difficult to comprehend
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Futile
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having no useful purpose; pointless
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Impede
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to slow the progress of
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Obscure
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relatively unknown; to conceal or make indistinct
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Quandary
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a state of uncertainty or perplexity
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