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11th Grade
10/20/2013
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liability
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a handicap
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mandatory
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required
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negligence
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lack of proper care or attention
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onerous
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difficult to bear
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remiss
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lax or careless
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accountable
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responsable
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assiduous
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conscientious
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default
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the failure to fulfill
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feckless
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ineffective
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incumbent
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holding an office or position
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rebuke
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to criticize sharply
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revulsion
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intense disgust
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scurrilous
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vulgar; abusive
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spurn
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to reject scornfully
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vitriolic
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very harsh; bitter
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aspersions
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damaging remarks; slanders
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compunction
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unease due to guilt
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derision
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ridicule
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disapprobation
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moral disapproval
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ostracize
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to banish, exclude, or shun
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