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Fast Food Nation
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34
English
12th Grade
02/28/2010

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Hegemony
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leadership; predominance.
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Embroiled
Definition
to throw into confusion; complicate.
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Emeritus
Definition
retired or honorably discharged from active professional duty, but retaining the title of one's office or position
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Acceded
Definition
to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree
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Pragmatic
Definition
of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
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Proliferated
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to grow or produce by multiplication of parts
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Synergy
Definition
combined action or functioning; synergism
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Subsidiary
Definition
serving to assist or supplement
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Transposed
Definition
to transfer or transport.
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Macabre
Definition
gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible
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Platitudes
Definition
a flat, dull, or trite remark
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Emulated
Definition
to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass
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Tantamount
Definition
equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification
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Relinquished
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to renounce or surrender 
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Tenet
Definition
any opinion, principle, doctrine
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Ubiquitous
Definition
existing or being everywhere
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Desiccated
Definition
dehydrated or powdered
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Purported
Definition
reputed or claimed; alleged
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Amicus
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an impartial adviser, often voluntary
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Homogenize
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to form by blending unlike elements
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Aggregation
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a group or mass of distinct or varied things
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Ostensible
Definition
outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended
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Innocuos
Definition
not harmful or injurious; harmless
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Litany
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a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer 
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Tawdry
Definition
gaudy; showy and cheap
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Eviscerated
Definition
to remove the entrails from, vital parts; disembowel
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Magnates
Definition
a person of great influence, importance
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Impungned
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dispute the truth, or honesty

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Litigious
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of or pertaining to litigation,law
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Fiefdoms
Definition
the estate or domain of a feudal lord
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Visceral
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the organs in the cavities of the body
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Precarious
Definition
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain
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Agitprop
Definition
agitation and propaganda, esp. for the cause of communism
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Inadmissible
Definition
not admissible; not allowable
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