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VOCAB QUIZ
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English
12th Grade
11/25/2012
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Alleviate
 Definition
to ease a pain or burden
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Asylum
 Definition
a place of retreat or security
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Auspicious
 Definition
favorable promising
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Benevolent
 Definition
well-meaning, promising
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Benign
 Definition
kind and gentle
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Mollify
 Definition
to calm or soothe
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Reclamation
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the act of making something useful again
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Sanction
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to give official authorization or approval
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Dubious
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doubtful, of unlikely authenticity
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Fabricated
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made, concocted to deceive
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Hypocrisy
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the practice of pretending to be something that one is not
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slander
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false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
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Spurious
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not genuine
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Astute
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shrewd, clever
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Clandestine
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secretive
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Coup
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a brilliantly executed plan
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Disingenuous
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not straightforward, crafty
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Ruse
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a crafty trick
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Stratagem
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a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
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Surreptitiously
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done by secretive means
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Wary
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On guard
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Wily
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Cunning
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