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vocab #4
vocab and canterbury words
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11/17/2005
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engendering
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creation, production
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stature
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height
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personable
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attractive in appearance and personality
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accrue
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to increase over time
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statute
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law
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benign
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kind, gracious
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guile
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sly dealings
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diligent
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careful and persistent in work
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adversity
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trouble; misfortune
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disdainful
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scornful
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discreet
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cautious about one's words and actions
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obstinate
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unreasonably stubborn
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frugal
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thrifty
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duress
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pressure
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deferred
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postponed
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asservate
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to affirm earnestly with emphasis
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atrophy
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deterioration, wasting away
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bastion
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fortified place, a stronghold
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concord
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state of agreement or harmony
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consummate
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to bring to a state of completion
perfect
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disarray
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confusion, disorder
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exigency
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urgency, a need for, a demand
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flotsam
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floating debris
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frenetic
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frenzied, frantic, highly agitated
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glean
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to pick up, to gather from
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grouse
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to complain, gripe, whine
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incarcerate
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to imprison
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incumbent
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one who holds a specific office, required
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jocular
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funny, witty, facetious
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ludicrous
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rediculous
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mordant
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caustic, biting in thoughts or in manner, bitter
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nettle
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to annoy, urk, anger
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pecuniary
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relating to money
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prepossessing
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engaging, captivating, pleasing
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pusillanimous
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mean-spirited, cruel, cowardly
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recumbent
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inactive, in a reclining position
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strategem
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a scheme, a trick, plan to deceive/outwit
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