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English
11th Grade
09/26/2011

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Abate
Definition
To lessen in intensity; to reduce or lower
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Aberration
Definition

1. a straying from the right or normal.

2. mental disorder

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Abet
Definition
To assis or encourage, especially in the performance of a bad deed.
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Abeyance
Definition
Condition of suspended activity or development: susupension
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Ablutions
Definition
ritual cleasning, act of washing
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Abstemious
Definition
Mederate, expecially in the consumption of food and strong drink
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Abstruse
Definition
difficult to understand
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Accede
Definition
to assent or agree to
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Acquiescence
Definition
accepting or consenting to something without protest
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Acrimonious
Definition
Harsh or bitter in speech
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Acumen
Definition
Acuteness of mental penetration; keen insight
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Adamant
Definition
Incapable of being broken or dissolved, firm, stubborn
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Aesthetic
Definition
Pertaining to a sense of beauty; sensitive to the beautiful in nature or art
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Aggravate
Definition
to make worse or more severe, to annoy
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aggregation
Definition
a whole formed by combining several disparate elements
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Agnostic
Definition
A person who believes in the doctrine that the existence and the nature of God are not known or knowable
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Alacrity
Definition
Eagerness, briskness
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Allegory
Definition
a story in which the characters, actions and setting are symbols of ideas
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Alleviate
Definition
to lighten or lessen physical or mental pain or discomfort
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Altercation
Definition
an angry, noisy dispute; heated argument
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Altruistic
Definition
acting solely out of the consideration for others' welfare; unselfish
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Ameliorate
Definition
make something bad, better
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amity
Definition
friendly relationship
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anachronism
Definition
misplacing of an event of object out of time.
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analogy
Definition
a relationship between two things that consists in their resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics.
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anathema
Definition
a ban or curse; a person or thing cursed; any object of intense dislike
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anomalous
Definition
deviating from what is standard, normal or expected
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apostate
Definition
one who deserts his party, faith or principles.
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arbitrary
Definition
arrived at by the exercise of the will of the individual; not based on reason or justice or fact.
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ascetic
Definition
one who devotes herself to a solitary, rigorously diciplined life, especially for religious reasons; extreme self denial
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askance
Definition
sidways look with scorn or distrust
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askew
Definition
out of position, tilted
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Asperity
Definition
roughness of sound or surface, severity of manner, temper, language
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assuage
Definition
to relieve or lessen, as grief or pain; satisy a thirst or hunger; calm a passion
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assiduous
Definition
constant in aplication or attention
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atavism
Definition
reappearance of a primitive instinct, a remote family trait of a disease that had remained latent for one or more generations
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auspicious
Definition
of favorable omen or prospect; indicative of future success
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austere
Definition

1. rigidly severe in character of judgment

2. severely simple

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Avarice
Definition
excessive desire for wealth
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averse
Definition
unwilling, disinclined
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