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Siddhartha Vocab
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12th Grade
04/24/2012
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ablution
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a cleaning (with water or another liquid)
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ardent
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intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic
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avaricious
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having or showing extreme greed for wealth
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bangle
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ring-shaped bracelet
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besmirch
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to soil, tarnish
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blanch
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to whiten by removing color
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carousing
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to engage in a drunken revel
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chasm
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a breach or wide fissure
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circuitous
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roundabout, not direct
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countenance
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appearance
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declivity
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a downward slope
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demeanor
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conduct, behavior
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desolation
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devastation
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disdain
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to look upon or treat with contempt
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efface
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to wipe out
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elicit
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to draw or bring out
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engender
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to produce, cause
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erudition
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knowledge acquired through study or research
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equanimity
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mental calmness/composure
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exhortation
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an utterance urging an action
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expiation
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atonement, compensation for a wrong
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fester
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to rot/form pus
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formidable
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causing fear
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imperturbable
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incapable of being upset or agitated
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incipient
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beginning to exist or appear
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indolent
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slow, inactive
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insipid
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flat, dull
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irrefutable
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impossible to deny or disprove
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lament
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to mourn/express grief
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mortification
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feeling of intense shame
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onerous
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burdensome
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ostracize
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exclude from society
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palliative
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relieving a problem without relieving the underlying cause
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pallid
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pale
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permeate
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to spread throughout all parts
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penitence
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regret for one's wrongdoing
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pomade
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hair ointment
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precocious
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advanced in mental development or talent
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presentiment
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feeling about the future (usually foreboding)
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prudent
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wise or judicious
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radiantly
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bright, glowing
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reproach
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scold, rebuke
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satiation
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to supply in excess, satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
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senile
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mental weakness (crazy)
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serenity
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calm, tranquility
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servile
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slavishly submissive
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supplication
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humble prayer
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tenacious
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holding fast, highly retentive
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unkempt
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untidy/messy
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vain
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futile
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