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English
11th Grade
09/21/2009

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squalid
Definition
1 : marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty ((SORDID))
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proliferating
Definition
To increase in number ((MULTIPLY))
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inscrutable
Definition
not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood ((MYSTERIOUS))
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spiel
Definition
to talk volubly or extravagantly
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proletariat
Definition
the laboring class; especially : the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live
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anathema
Definition
someone or something intensely disliked or loathed —usually used as a predicate nominative
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pugnacious
Definition
having a quarrelsome or combative nature ((BELLIGERENT))
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denigrate
Definition
to deny the importance or validity of to attack the reputation of ((BELITTLE)) ((DEFAME))
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munificent
Definition
very liberal in giving or bestowing ((LAVISH))
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capitulation
Definition
a set of terms or articles constituting an agreement between governments
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extricate
Definition
to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
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tenuous
Definition
having little substance or strength ((FLIMSY)) ((WEAK))
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desiccate
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to dry up : to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality
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replete
Definition
fully or abundantly provided or filled
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority or restraint ((RESISTANT))
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cogent
Definition
having power to compel or constrain ((CONVINCING))
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