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10th Grade
12/13/2007

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austere
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severe or stern; simple plain
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beneficent
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performing acts of kindness
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cadaverous
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pale; resembling a corpse
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concoct
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to prepare by combinig ingredients
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crass
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unfeeling; stupid
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debase
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to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade
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desecrate
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to commit sacrilege upon; to contaminate
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disconcert
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to confuse
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grandiose
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grand and impressive; absurdly exaggerated
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inconsequential
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unimportant
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infraction
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breaking a law

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mitigate
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to make milder or softer
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pillage
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to rob of goods by open force
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prate
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to talk a great deal in a foolness or aimless fashion
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punctillious
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very careful and exact
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redoutable
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insipiring fear or awe
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reprove
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to find fault with
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restitution

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the act of restoring something to the rightful owner
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stalwart
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strong and sturdy; brave
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vulnerable
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open to attack
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acrominous
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stinging, bitter in temper
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bovine
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resembling a cow or o; sluggish
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consternation
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dismay
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corpulent
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fat;
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disavow
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to deny responsibility for or a connection with
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dispassionate
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impartial, calm, free from emotion
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dissension
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disagreement
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dissipate
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cause to disappear
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expurgate
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to remove objectionate passages or words from a written text
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gauntlet
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an armored or protective glove; a challenge
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hypothetical
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based on an assumption or guess
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ignoble
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mean
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impugn
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to call into question
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intemperate
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immoderate; lacking self control
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odium
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hatred, contempt
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perfidy
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faithlessness; treachery
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relegate
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to place in a lower position ; to assign refer
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squeamish
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inclined to nausea; easily shocked
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subservient
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subordinate in capacity or role, servong to promote some end
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susceptible
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open to; easily influenced
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abate
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to make less in amount; degree
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adulation
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praise of flattery thats is excessive
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anathema
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an obeject of intense dislike;
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astute
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shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom
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avarice
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a greedy desire
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culpable
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deserving blame
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dilatory
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tending to delay or procrasstination; not prompt
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egregious
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conspicious, standing out from the mass(unfavorable sense)
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equivocate
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to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation
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evanescent
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vanishing; light and airy
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irresolute
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unable to make up one's mind
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nebulous
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cloudlike, resembling a cloud, cloudy in color
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novice
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beginner
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penury
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extreme poverty; insufficiency
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pretentious
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done for show
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recapitulate
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to review a series of facts
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resusitate
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to revive
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slovenly
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untidy; dirty
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supposition
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something that is assumed
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torpid
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inactive
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