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List 21
from Michael Clay Thompson's The Word Within the Word
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English
8th Grade
11/04/2013
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Term
equivocate
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to hedge
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superfluous
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unnecessary
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bilateral
 Definition
two-sided
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unilateral
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one-sided
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circumspect
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cautious
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commensurate
 Definition
of like measure
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malevolence
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evil intent
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neophytpe
 Definition
beginner
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misanthopist
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people-hater
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bellicose
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warlike
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anthropomorphic
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man-shaped
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captious
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fault-finding
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neologism
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new word
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malediction
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a curse
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incredulous
 Definition
not believing
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omniscient
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all-knowing
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monomania
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obsession with one thing
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specious
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false
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excoriate
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verbally flog
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prototype
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first model
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xenophobia
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fear of foreigners
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benediction
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a blessing
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amorphous
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shapeless
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preponderance
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bulk
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magnanimous
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great-minded
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