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11th Grade
08/17/2012
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Didactic
 Definition
Intended to provide instruction
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Bastion
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Projecting part of a fortification
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Servile
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Submissive
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Acquiesce
 Definition
to comply
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Innocuous
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Harmless
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Disparage
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To belittle (Negative) 
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Prodigal
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Wasteful or extravagant 

 

esp. money or property
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Candor
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Quality of being honest
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Flagrant
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Haughty (Negative)
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Discern
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Preceive or recognize
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Guile
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treacherous cunning, skillful deceit
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Insipid
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Unoriginal, cliche, commonplace
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Disparity
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an inequality: an imbalance
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Diffident
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Lacking self-confidence
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Enigma
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A riddle
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Desecrate
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Treat with violent disrespect
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Censure
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To belittle (Negative)
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Reticent
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To hold back one's thoughts and feelings
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Derision
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Ridicule/Mockery
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Prosaic
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Unoriginal, cliche, commonplace
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Credulous
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Lacking worldly expertise, unsophisticated
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Peripheral
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On or near the edge of the outer boundary
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Assuage
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To ease; to relieve; to lessen
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Ephemeral
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very brief; short lived
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Aesthetic
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an application of what is beautiful or attractive
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Pedestrian
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Unoriginal, cliche, commonplace
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Taciturn
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Humble (Positive)
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Paucity
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Scarce or poor (Negative)
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Complacent
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Pleased/satisfied with oneself
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Banal
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Unoriginal, cliche, commonplace
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Laud
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Praise, applaud
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Benevolent
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Loving others and actively wanting good for others
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Profuse
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Abundant or rich (Positive)
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Capricious
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Fickle; constantly shifting moods
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Fastidious
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Carefule (Positive)
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Augment
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To make bigger
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Provincial
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Isolated from mainstream
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Listless
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Lacking energy/enthusiasm
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Apathy
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Lacking emotion
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Novel
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Original, creative
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Avarice
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Excessive greed
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Anecdote
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A short account of an interesting incident
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Austere
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Bare, not ornate
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Extol
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To praise (Positive)
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Ameliorate
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To calm or make better (Positive)
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Eccentric
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An odd, unconventional person
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Philistine
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Lacking worldly expertise; unsophisticated
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Innovate
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To introduce or strive to introduce new things
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Conciliate
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To calm or make better (Positive)
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Immutable
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Not yeilding (Negative)
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Ambiguous
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Unclear, not definitive
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Affable
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Agreeable, friendly
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Futile
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Doomed to failure
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Parsimony
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Extreme unwillingness to be generous
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Autonomy
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Right/condition of self-government
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Anarchy
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Absence or utter disregard of government
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Drone
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To make a continuous low humming sound
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Gullible
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Lacking worldly expertise; unsophisticated
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Asetic
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A person who leads a life of self denial
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Compliance
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Act of submitting
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Obscure
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Difficult to understand
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Revere
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To praise, to greatly respect
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Virulent
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very toxic or poisonous
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Indifferent
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Lacking concern; ignoring (adj.)
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Denounce
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To speak against
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Surreptitous
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Secretive; not aboveboard; covert
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Elucidate
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To make clear or plain
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Scrupulous
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Careful (Positive)
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