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11th Grade
10/08/2008
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abdicate
 Definition
step down from a position of power
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abash
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make ashamed
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ambate
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reduse
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abberation
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something unusual
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absolve
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to forgive
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abject
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extremly sad
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abhor
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hate very much
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altruism
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selflessness; generousity
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ambiguous
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uncleaar in meaning
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allusion
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an indirrect difference; hint
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aloof
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uninvolved' keeping a distance
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aesthetic
 Definition
havinng to do with artistic beauty
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affable
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easy to talk to; friendly
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adamant
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sturbon unyielding;uneasy to change mind
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admonish
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to scold gently;warn
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acrimonious
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full of spite;bitter
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acute
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sharp; shrewd
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accolade
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an award; an honor
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accost
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approach and speak to someone aggressively
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acquiescev
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comply passively; accept; agree
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acrid
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harshly pungent; bitter
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abstract
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theoritical; impersonal; having no concrete from
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abysmal
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extremely hopeless or wrethed bottomless
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amenable
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obedient; agreeable
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amnesty
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official pardon
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anachronism
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something out of space in time or history
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anomaly
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sn aberration; a deviation
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antithesis
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the dirrect opposite
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archaic
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extremely old; outdated
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apathy
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lack of interest; lack of feeling
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apease
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to sooth; to spesify by giving in to
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archetype
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an original model or poter
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ardent
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passionate; ethusiastic
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arduous
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hard; difficult
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assiduous
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hardworking;diligent; bussy
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assuage
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to soothe; to spacify;to releave
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assuage
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to soothe; to spacify;to releave
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astute
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shrrewed; keen in gudement
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astute
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shrrewed; keen in gudement
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astute
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shrrewed; keen in gudement
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astute
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shrrewed; keen in gudement
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