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10th Grade
11/20/2008
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Laconic
 Definition
Using a minimum of words
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Jettison
 Definition
Throw overboard
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Inundate
 Definition
overwhelm
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Pantheist
 Definition
one who equates god with nature
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Omnivorous
 Definition
eating both plant and animal food
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Overt
 Definition
Open to view
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Paroxysm
 Definition
sudden violent fit or attack
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Inveterate
 Definition
confirmed by a habit
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Phlegmatic
 Definition
calm
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Aggravate
 Definition
make a bad situation worse
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Propitious
 Definition
favorable
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Remiss
 Definition
negligent in the performance of work or duty
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Amicable
 Definition
friendly
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Amnesty
 Definition
pardon granted to a large group of individuals
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Rife
 Definition
abundant
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Subjugate
 Definition
force to submit to control and governance
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Subterfuge
 Definition
deceptive device
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Virulent
 Definition
extremely poisonous
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Voracious
 Definition
having a huge appetite
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Zealot
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fanatic
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Complicity
 Definition
association in or participation in a wrongful act
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Supplicate
 Definition
ask humbly and earnestly
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Diatribe
 Definition
a bitter and abusive speech or writing
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Exacerbate
 Definition
aggravate
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Paradox
 Definition
a proposition or circumstance that seems contradictory but that is in some way or sense true
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