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Vocab for Quiz on 12/15
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English
7th Grade
12/14/2008

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graft
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(noun)-the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, esp. through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics. buisness, etc.
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heathenism
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(noun)-barbaric morals or behavior; barbarism
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acute
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(adj.)-sharp or severe in effect; intense
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assimilate
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(verb)-to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb
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evade
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(verb)-to escape from by trickery or cleverness; to evade one's pursuers
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missionaries
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(noun)-a person strongly in favor of a program, set of principles, etc. who attempts to persuade or convert others
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quizzically
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(adverb)-in a quizzical or questioning matter
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colonialism
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(noun)-the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people
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mirage
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(noun)-something illusory, without substance or reality
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bourgeois
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(noun)-a member of the middle class
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