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english
spring semester vocabulary
30
English
10th Grade
02/12/2012

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aesthetic
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DEF:(adj) having to do with the appreciation og beauty
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ambivalent
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DEF:(adj) simultaneously feeling opposing emothions, uncertain
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apathetic
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DEF:(adj) feeling or showing little emotion
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benevolent
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DEF:(Adj) well-meaning; generous
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Candor
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DEF:(n) sincerity, openness
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Cogent
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DEF:(adj) covincing, reasonable 
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conviction
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DEF:(N) a fixed or strong belief
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dubious
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DEF:(adj) doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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egregious
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DEF:(adj) conspicuously bad or offensive
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exculpate
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DEF:(v) to free from guilt or blame
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gratuitous
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DEF:(adj) given frely; uneared; unwarranted
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hackneyed
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DEF:(adj) warn out throught overuse; trite
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imperious
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DEF:(adj) arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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inherent
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DEF:(adj) inborn; built-in
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inveterate
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DEF:(adj) long established; deep-rooted; habitual
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laudatory
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DEF:(Adj) giving praise
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mollify
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DEF:(v) to calm or soothe
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novel
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DEF:(Adj) strickingly new or unusual
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obdurate
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DEF:(Adj) stubborn, inflexible
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Ostentatious
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DEF:(Adj) Describing a pretentious display
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paramount
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DEF:(adj) of cheif concern or importance
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pervasive
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DEF:(adj) remorseful for one's misdeeds
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plausible
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DEF:(Adj) seemingly valid or acceptable, credible
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pervasive
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DEF:(Adj) dispersed throughout 
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rancor
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DEF:(N): bitter resentment or ill will; hatred; malice
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spurious
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DEF:(Adj) not genuine; false; counterfeit
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stoic
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DEF:(adj) indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
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superfluous
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DEF:(adj) etre; unnecessary
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tenuous
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DEF:(adj) having little to substance or strength; unsure; weak
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transitory
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DEF:(adj) short-lived; temorary
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