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12th Grade
08/25/2010
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abase
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lower; humiliate
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abash
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to embarrass
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abate
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to lessen
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abominate
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to loathe; hate
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abstruse
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profound; difficult to understand
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accentuate
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to stress; emphasize
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acclivity
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sharp incline of a hill
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accolade
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award; honor
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accost
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to approach and speak to
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adroit
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skillful
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adulate
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to flatter and praise so much it's sickening
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adulterate
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to make impure
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow by disclosing only partially
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adverse
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hostile; opposed; unfavorable
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advocate
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to urge; recommend
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aesthetic
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artistic; pertaining to a sense of what is beautiful
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affected
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fake
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affinity
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natural attraction; kinship; similarity
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affluent
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rich
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affray
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public brawl
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agape
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open-mouthed
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aghast
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horrified
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agile
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able to move in a quick and easy fashion
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alacrity
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cheerful promtness
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alias
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a false name
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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allay
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to soothe; to make more bearable
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alleged
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to make more bearable
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allude
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to refer indirectly
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allusion
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a reference to something
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altercation
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a viloent dispute
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