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Lesson 10
Creativity
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English
6th Grade
12/13/2011

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Term
accrue
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to come as a natural increase or advantage
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crescendo
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a gradual increase in sound, often referring to music
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excrescence
Definition
abnormal growth or outgrowth
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beneficence
Definition
doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action
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efficacious
Definition
effective as a means or remedy
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facile
Definition
acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent
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facsimile
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an exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc.
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faction
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a group or clique within a larger group, party or government OR a conflict within an organization or nation
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mollify
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to calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling
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context
Definition
the parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning OR the circumstances surrounding an event or situation
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pretext
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a false reason put forward to conceal the true one
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