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Lesson 7-8
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10th Grade
12/04/2012
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pedantic
 Definition
Overly concerned with book learning or formal rules.
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didactic
 Definition
Intended to teach
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edify
 Definition
To instruct in order to improve
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esoteric
 Definition
Understood only by an elite group
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elucidate
 Definition
to make clear
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erudite
 Definition
Possessing great knowledge and scholarship
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imbue
 Definition
To inspire or influence thoroughly
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indoctrinate
 Definition
To instruct in certain principles or ideologies
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pedagogy
 Definition
the art of teaching
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pundit
 Definition
A person of great learning about a particular topic
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Aegis
 Definition
Sponsorship
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amends
 Definition
Compensation for a wrong
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Conciliatory
 Definition
Peacemaking; appeasing
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conducive
 Definition
Tending to cause or bring about
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extricate
 Definition
To free from entanglement
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importune
 Definition
To annoy with repeated requests
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mediate
 Definition
To help two sides agree
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mitigate
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to make less severe
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patronize
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to treat as inferior
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renovate
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to restore something to an earlier condition
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