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night before the test, vocab i still don't know
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11/17/2009
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Aloof
 Definition
reserved

reticent

apart
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Pariah
 Definition
outcast
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Damp
 Definition
reduce the strength of a vibration
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Promulgate
 Definition
to make known by open declaration
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Lithe
 Definition
flexibility
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Sycophant
 Definition
self-serving flatterer
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Raconteur
 Definition
skilled storyteller
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Dappled
 Definition
spotted
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Blanched
 Definition
to whiten by removing color
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Temerity
 Definition
reckless boldness
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Consternation
 Definition
dismay
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Probity
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Integrity
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Alacrity
 Definition
cheerful readiness

promptness

willingness
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Bane
 Definition
something that spoils
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Magnanimous
 Definition
high-minded

noble
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Capitulate
 Definition
to surrender unconditionally
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Sybarite
 Definition
person devoted to luxury and pleasure
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Aesthetic
 Definition
pertaining to a sense of the beautiful
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Choleric
 Definition
quick to anger
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Treacle
 Definition
contrived sentimentality
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Avarice
 Definition
insatiable greed for riches
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Tawdry
 Definition
gaudy; showy; cheap
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Trite
 Definition
lacking in freshness; stale
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Contumacious
 Definition
stubbornly rebellious; willingly disobedient
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Languid
 Definition
lacking in vigor and vitality
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Meretricious
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tawdry
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Abrogate
 Definition
to abolish by formal means
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Soporific
 Definition
causing sleep
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Dilettante
 Definition
superficial interest in art or an activity
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diffident
 Definition
lacking confidence in one's own ability; reserved
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Reticent
 Definition
silent; not speaking freely; reserved
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Stoic
 Definition
calm/austere fortitude
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Fortitude
 Definition
mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty
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