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Undergraduate 1
09/18/2012

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Conflagration
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a large fire that causes a great deal of damage
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Magnate
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somebody who has a lot of wealth and power, especially somebody in business or industry
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Sentinel
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to stand guard over something or a group of people
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Mitigate
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to make an offense or crime less serious or more excusable. Or to make something less harsh, severe, or violent
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Tantamount
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equivalent to a particular thing in effect, outcome, or value, especially something unpleasant
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Pastiche
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a piece of creative work, e.g. in literature, drama, or art, that is a mixture of things borrowed from other works
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Preclude
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to prevent something from happening or somebody from doing something
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Tract
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an unmeasured expanse of land or water, or a measured area, especially of land. Or a group of organs.
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Quibble
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to argue over unimportant things and make petty objections
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Ubiquitous
Definition
present everywhere at once, or seeming to be
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Repudiate
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to disapprove of something formally and strongly and renounce any connection with it.
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Purgation
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the action to remove opponents or people considered undesirable from a state or organization
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Extraneous
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not relevant or applicable
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Lampoon
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a piece of satirical writing or verse ridiculing somebody or something
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Paucity
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an inadequacy or lack of something
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Stoic
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A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
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Parochial
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concerned only with narrow local concerns without any regard for more general or wider issues. “Narrow minded”
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Torpid
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lacking physical or mental energy. “Sluggish”
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Vociferous
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shouting in a noisy and determined way
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Trite
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overused and consequently lacking in interest or originality
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Superfluous
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in excess of what is needed
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Exacerbate
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to make an already bad or problematic situation worse
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Unheralded
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Not previously announced, expected, or recognized.
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Succinct
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expressed with brevity and clarity, with no wasted words
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Strident
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harsh, loud, grating, or shrill
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