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11th Grade
09/17/2014
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fastidious
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particular; hard to please
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prolific
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fruitful; producing much
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benign
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beneficial; kind, gentle
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venerate
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to honor; revere
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esoteric
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understood by only a few
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furitive
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surreptitious
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banal
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ordinary; dull
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gregarious
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social; outgoing
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austere
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stern; ascetic
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capricious
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changeable; fickle
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innate
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inborn
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lethargic
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tired; sluggish
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melancholy
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sad; mournful
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defamation
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ruining another's reputation
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antithesis
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direct opposite; contrast
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ascend
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to go up; to rise
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autonomous
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independent; self-contained
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dawdle
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to waste time; to spend time idly
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exacerbate
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to embitter; to aggravate
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extol
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to praise; to glorify
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hypocrite
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one who is insincere
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opaque
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not transparent; dull; dark
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reprove
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to scold or to rebuke
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tranquil
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peaceful;calm
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symmetry
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balanced porportions
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