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Lesson 7&8
tenth grade vocab
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General Vocab
10th Grade
10/28/2010

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didactic
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intended to teach
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edify
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to instruct for intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
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elucidate
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to explain or make clear
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erudite
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possessing great knowledge and scholarship
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esoteric
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understood only by an elite, scholarly, or exclusive group; obscure
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imbue
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to inspire or influence thoroughly
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indoctrinate
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to instruct in or impact certain principles or ideology
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pedagogy
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the art or profession of teaching
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pedantic
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overly concerned with or narrowly focused on book learning or formal rules
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pundit
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a person of great learning about a particular topic
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austerity
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severe and rigid restrictions, especially those brought about by difficult economic times
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depreciate
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to decrease in value or price
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equity
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net value; value of company or property minus their debt owed
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frugal
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strict in avoiding unnecessary spending
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indigent
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extremely poor
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munificent
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generous; liberal in giving
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pecuniary
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having to di with money
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recession
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a general decline in business activity
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remunerate
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to pay for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; to compensate for
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solvent
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able to pay debts
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