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Unit 9 Vocab
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English
11th Grade
04/28/2016

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n. outline
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contour
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n. any force that balances another
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counterbalance
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n. failure to do what is required
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delinquency
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n. deception
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deviousness
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v. to create; to plan
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devise
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n. deceit
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duplicity
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n. freedom; a release from bondage or slavery
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emancipation
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v. to expand step by step; to ascend
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escalate
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n. talent; aptitude; all of the teachers in a school
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faculty
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n. optimism; the practice of forming ideals or living under their influence
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idealism
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n. soundness; the quality of completeness; honesty
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integrity
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n. a manner or way of acting or doing; current style
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mode
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n. moral qualities or character; principles of right and wrong; ethics
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morality
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n. excessive fear or worry
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neurosis
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adj. fatherlike; controlling in a fatherlike way
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paternalistic
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v. to win out; to succeed or gain advantage; to become stronger or more widespread
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prevail
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n. compensation
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recompense
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v. to subdue; to force painful feelings into the unconscious
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repress
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v. to try; to struggle
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strive
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