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35
English
8th Grade
11/10/2011

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Term
tentative
Definition

experimental;temporary

adj.

Term
benevolent
Definition

generous;kind;doing good deeds

adj.

Term
conform
Definition

to act in accordance or harmony;comply

verb

Term
sagacity
Definition

shrewness;wisdom;discernment

noun

Term
heresy
Definition

an opinion violently opposed to establish beliefs

noun

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condone
Definition

to overlook;to permit to happen

verb

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obscurity
Definition

quality or state of being unknown,hard to understand or dark

noun

Term
insolent
Definition
arrogant; insulting
Term
infamous
Definition

shamefully wicked;having an extremely bad reputation disgraceful

adj.

Term
genocide
Definition

the deliberate extermination of a national,political,or racial group

noun

Term
vehement
Definition

intense;foreful;violent

adj.

Term
poise
Definition

to balance keep;keep steady

verb

Term
solemn
Definition

seriousness

adj.

Term
manifest
Definition

visible,evident

adj.

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discern
Definition

to have insight, to see things clearly;to differentiate

verb

Term
reverence
Definition

honor or respect felt or shown

noun

Term
squalid
Definition

marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty

adj.

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inferior
Definition

lower in station rank, grade or degree

adj.

Term
volition
Definition
will;conscious choice
Term
belligerent
Definition

combative;quarrelsome;waging war

adj.

Term
novel
Definition

new;original

adj.

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elite
Definition

choice,superior,select,a group regarded as best

adj.

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fervor
Definition

passion

noun

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diffidence
Definition

the qualityor state of being timid;the quality or state of lacking in condidence

noun

Term
deter
Definition

to prevent;to stop;to keep from doing something

verb

Term
conspicuous
Definition
standing out;obvious
Term
pervaded
Definition
spread throughout
Term
resilient
Definition

bouncing or springing back into orginal shape or form

adj.

Term
consecrated
Definition
made or declared sacred
Term
guile
Definition
cunning;duplicity
Term
deride
Definition

to ridicule;to laugh at contemptuously

verb

Term
jostle
Definition
to bump or push,as in crowd
Term
complacent
Definition

smug;self satisfied; pleased with oneself contented to a fault

adj.

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rigid
Definition

not to bend or flexible

adj.

Term
moroseness
Definition

a state of gloominess;sulleness

noun

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