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11th Grade
10/28/2006
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accede
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to agree to
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accrue
 Definition
to gather; to accumulate
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affinity
 Definition
attraction to
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ameliorate
 Definition
to improve; to make better
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anhydrous
 Definition
with out water
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appease
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to soothe; to satisfy
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ascendant
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rising
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au courant
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up to date; fully informed
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bastion
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a strong defense; a fort
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beseech
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to beg; to appeal to
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biped
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two legged animal
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broach
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to introde (a subject)
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cantankerous
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bad tempered; quarrelsome
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chameleon
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a changeable or fickle person
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churlish
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rude; ill bred
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cogent
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convincing
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complicity
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partnership in a wrongful act
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conglomerate
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mass; cluster; corporation
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corporeal
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pertaining to the body
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cryptic
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mysterious; secretive
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defalcate
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to misuse funds; to embezzle
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defoliate
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to strip of leaves
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desuetude
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condition of disuse; extinction
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dilatory
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slow or late in doing things
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dissertion
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a written essay
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doughty
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courageous; worthy
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effrontery
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shameful boldness
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emaciated
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abnormally thin
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ephemeral
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temporary; short lived
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erudite
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scholarly; learned
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facetious
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joking; sarcastic
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exult
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to rejoice
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fiat
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an official order
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firmament
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sky; heavens
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gambit
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strategy; an opening ones uses to advantage
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frowzy
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dirty; unkempt
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gingerly
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carefully ;caustiously
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gullible
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easily decieved; too trusting
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hedonist
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a pleasure seeker
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hoi polloi
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common people; the masses
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illusion
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fake impression
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impervious
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not capable of being effected; hardened
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