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Vocab 3
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11th Grade
01/21/2010
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Demagogue
 Definition
a speaker who gains power through emotions; manipulate
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echelon
 Definition
levels of command, authorities
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feckless
 Definition
incompetent; ineffective; no sense of responsibility
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lurid
 Definition
gruesome; horrible; sensational
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obfuscate
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to make unclear; confuse
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parsimonious
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stingy with money; cheap
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rubicon
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taking a decisice but dangerous, risky, irreversible step (phrase: crossing a Rubicon)
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sobriquet
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nickname
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torpor
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sluggishness, inactivity
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vanguard
 Definition
in front of; the troops, ahead
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