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10th Grade
02/02/2009
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Mitigate
 Definition
make less severe or painful
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Influx
 Definition
flowing in
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Muse
 Definition
ponder
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nonentity
 Definition
person or thing of no significance
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ornate
 Definition
elaborately and heavily ornamented
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parlance
 Definition
particular manner of speaking
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prim
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neat
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ingrate
 Definition
ungrateful person
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profusion
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abundance
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retinue
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attendants
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pseudonym
 Definition
fictitious name assumed by author
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qualms
 Definition
misgivings
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quell
 Definition
put down
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rancor
 Definition
bitterness
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protege
 Definition
one whose training or career is promoted by an influential person
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recumbent
 Definition
reclining
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tirade
 Definition
long violent denouncing speech
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reprisal
 Definition
retaliation for an injury
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retribution
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punishment for offenses
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sparing
 Definition
restrained in the use of resources
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strident
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loud harsh and grating
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slake
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quench
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retroactive
 Definition
applying to a period prior to enactment
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risque
 Definition
bordering on the improper
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epithet
 Definition
an adjective whose purpose is to characterize
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