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Lesson 5
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English
10th Grade
11/10/2008

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exhaustive
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[adj] thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking
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instigate
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[v] to hint; to creep in
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pivotal
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[adj] crucial
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stoic
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[adj] indifferent (at least outwardly) to pleasure or pain, to joy or grief, to fortune or misfortune
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volatile
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[adj] quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive
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periphery
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[n] the outside edge of something
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hedonism
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[n] the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life
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benefactor
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[n] one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation
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aprocalypse
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[n] a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world
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virtuoso
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[n] masterful musician; a masterful practioner in some other field
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apo-
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away [apology,apostle, apocalypse, apogee, apocryphal, apotheosis, apostasy,apoplexy]
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im-/in-/em-/en-
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into; in [in, embrace, enclose, ingratiate, intrinsic, influx, incarnate, implicit, indigenous]
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sal-/ sil-/ sult/ sault-
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to leap; to jump [insult, assault, somersault, salient, resilient, insolent, desultory, exult]
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cres-/ cresc-/ cret-
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to grow [creation, increase, crescendo, increment, accretion, accure]
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