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Set 10
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Graduate
08/01/2011
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Curtail
 Definition
cut short
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Onerous
 Definition
troubling; burdensome
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Axiomatic
 Definition
taken as given
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Stotic
 Definition
unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
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Castigation
 Definition
severe criticism or punishment
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Canon
 Definition
code of laws; set of principles
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Salubrious
 Definition
promoting health and well being
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Ebulience
 Definition
quality of ethusiastic expression of thougts
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Enshroud
 Definition
cover
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Odius
 Definition
evoking intense dislike
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Pithy
 Definition
breif and precise
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Blunderbuss
 Definition
ancient weapon; a clumsy person
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Prodigal
 Definition
recklessy wasteful; extravagane; lavis; profuse
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Voracious
 Definition
ravenous
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Canonical
 Definition
follow in agreement with accepted traditional standards
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Pirate
 Definition
to illegaly use or reproduce
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Anachronism
 Definition
someone or something out of place in terms of historical or chronolgocal context
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Astringent
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
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Noxious
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harmful; injurious
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Veracity
 Definition
truthfulness; honesty
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