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Lesson 3
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11th Grade
01/12/2015
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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affable
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friendly, courteous
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audacity
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excessive boldness
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contrite
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extremely apologetic
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credulous
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believing on slight evidence
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depravity
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moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act
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deprecate
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to disapprove regretfully; to belittle
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didactic
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instructive, designed to teach
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dormant
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inactive, sleeping
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enigmatic
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mysterious, puzzling
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erudite
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scholarly
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exotic
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foreign, unfamiliar
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fuse
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to mix or join
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immutable
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unchanging
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incorrigible
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incapable of being reformed
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loathe
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to detest
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mitigate
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to cause to become less harsh or hostile
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nullify
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to cause not to be in effect
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pacifistic
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opposed to war or the use of force
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pretentious
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making an extravagant outward show
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prologue
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introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work
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recant
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to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief
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servile
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overly submissive
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trepidation
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fear, trembling
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vilify
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to malign, to defame
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