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31-33 36-38
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10th Grade
05/12/2009
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mitigate
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v. make less severe or painful
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influx
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n a flowing in
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muse
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v. ponder
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nonentity
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n. a peson or thing of no significance
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ornate
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adj. elaborately and heavily ornamented
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parlance
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n. particular manner of speaking
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prim
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adj. precise, neat
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ingrate
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n. ungrateful person
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profusion
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n. an abundance
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retinue
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n. following attendents
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pseudonym
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n ficticious name assumed by an author
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qualms
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v misgivings
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quell
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v. put down
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rancor
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n bitterness, deep seated ill-will
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protege
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n. one whose traning or career is promoted by an ifluential person
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recumbent
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adj. lying down
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tirade
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n a long violent denouncin speech, diatribe
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eprisal
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n. retaliation for an injury
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retribution
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punishment for offenses
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sparing
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adj loud harsh and grating
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slake
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quench
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retroactive
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adj. applying to a period prior ot enactment
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risque
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boardering on the improper
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Epithet
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an adj used to charcterize a noun repeatedly (white armed hera)
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scrupulous
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meticulous, extremely thorough
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transgresion
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n. sin
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skulk
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v. move about stealthily
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solicitous
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adj concerned, thoughtful
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definitive
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adj conclusive
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stoic
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n. one who is indifferent to pleasure or pain
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taciturn
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adj laconic, habitually untalkative
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patent
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adj obvious
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pittance
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n. a very small amount of money
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tanscend
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v. surpass, exceed
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disconsolate
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adj hopelessly sad.
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truism
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n. obviously true, cliche
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ulterior
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adj. concealed
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vangaurd
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n. leading position in a trend or morvement
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postumous
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adj. after death
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venial
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adj easily excused of forgiven
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waive
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v. give up voluntarily
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wane
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v to decrease gradually
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allay
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v. to lessen or relieve
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aegis
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n. sponsership
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artifact
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n. simple man-made object of archeological interest
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beholden
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adj indebed, obliged
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vaunted
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adj. boasted about
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correlation
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n. relationship
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personification
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n. giving human characteristics to something that is not human
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denigrate
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belittle
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piety
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devotion and reverence to god
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improvident
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not providing for the future, thriftless
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incendiary
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inflammatory
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ignoble
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adj dishonorable
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soliloquy
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a lone preformer spea
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