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Barron's Vocabulary
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10th Grade
12/05/2007
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megalomania
 Definition
abnormal desire for wealth and power
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profligate
 Definition
-extravagent, reckless, wasteful, spendthrift
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strife
 Definition
trouble, conflict, discord, disagreement
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legion
 Definition
crowd, multitude, throng, a large number
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coup
 Definition
overthrow, takeover
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amnesty
 Definition
official pardon, reprieve
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expatriate
 Definition
emigrant, deportee, exile
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exonerate
 Definition
clear, absolve, free from guilt
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fiat
 Definition
an official order or decree
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mendacious
 Definition
untruthful, misleading
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parsimonious
 Definition
frugal, skimping
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pecuniary
 Definition
fiscal, economic, financial
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dismantle
 Definition
take to pieces, to strip of covering, take apart
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sumptuous
 Definition
luxurious, extravagant, lavish
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underwrite
 Definition
guarentee, endorse, agree to finance
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restrictive
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limiting, restraining
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balk
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recoil, shy away, refuse to move
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blunt
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direct, frank, plain spoken
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nostalgia
 Definition
reminiscence, wistfulness, yearning for the past
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rife
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endemic, extensive, widespread
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liquidation
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killing of , ending of
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reviled
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hated, loathed
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derogatory
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insulting, offensive
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indict
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prosecute, accuse
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nebulous
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hazy, unclear
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pesky
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annoying
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redolent
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scented
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omnivorous
 Definition
eating any kind of food
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disparate
 Definition
unlike, different
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abstemious
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moderate in eating or drinking, self- restraining
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repose
 Definition
lounge, recline
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extant
 Definition
present, in existence
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vicissitudes
 Definition
struggles, problems
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edifice
 Definition
structure, a building
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sultry
 Definition
extremely hot
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trenchant
 Definition
focused, piercing, penetrating
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puissant
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powerful, strong
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unabated
 Definition
increasingly, non-stop
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maudlin
 Definition
sappy, mushy
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levity
 Definition
cheerfulness, lightheartedness
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lugubrious
 Definition
gloomy, sad, mournful
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