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10th Grade
05/09/2013

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Counteract
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(v)to reduce or prevent the bad effect of something by doing something that has the opposite effect
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Intensify
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(v) to increase in strength, size, or amount etc., or to make something do this
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Imagine
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(v) to form pictures or ideas in your mind
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Forecast
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(n) a description of what is likely to happen in the future, based on information you have now
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Impressionable
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(adj) easy to influence, sway
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Innocuous
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(adj) not offensive, dangerous, or harmful
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Unsuitable
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(adj) not having the right qualities for a particular person, purpose, or situation
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Insensitive
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(adj) not noticing other people's feelings, and not realizing that something that you do will upset them
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Foster
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(v) to help develop an idea, skill, feeling, etc.
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Combat
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(n) fighting during a war, particularly with weapons
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Scrutinize
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(v) to examine someone or something very carefully and completely
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Eradicate
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(v) to completely destroy something
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Convert
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(v) to change or make something change from one form, system, or purpose to another
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Bigot
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(n) someone who has strong opinion about race
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Recluse
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(n) someone who likes to live alone and avoids other people
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Persecutor
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(n) to treat someone cruelly and unfairly, especially because of his/her religious or political beliefs
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Therapeutic
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(adj) relating to the treatment or cure of a disease
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Exhausting
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(adj) making you feel extremely tired
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Activate
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(v) to make something start working
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Alleviate
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(v) to make something less bad or severe
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