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vocab 11 and 12
trinity hs vocab e32
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English
11th Grade
11/01/2010

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Beseech
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verb-- to request earnestly; to implore
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Cajol
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verb-- to urge with gentle, repeated appeals
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Elicit
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verb-- to bring out or call forth
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enjoin
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verb-- to direct or order with authority
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exigency
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noun-- the state or quality of requiring mucheffort or immediate action
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imperious
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adj-- arrogantly bossy. overbearing
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injunction
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noun-- a command, a directive , or an order
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medicant
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adj- dependent on begging for a living
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query
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noun-- a question or injuiry
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Servile
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-adj-- slavish; behaving like a servant
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abound
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verb-- to be great in number or amount
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amplitude
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noun-- greatness of sixe or range. magnitude
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augment
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verb-- to add to. to increase in size
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behemoth
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noun- something enourmous i nsize or power
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brevity
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noun-- the quality or being short in duration; briefness
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diminish
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verb-- to become or make smaller or less
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infinitesimal
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adj-- too small to measure or calculate
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modicum
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noun-- a small or token amount
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prodigious
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adj-- impressively great in size, force, or extent
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quotidian
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adj-- everyday; common place
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