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11th Grade
04/23/2007

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Conglomerate
Definition
To bring together into a cohering mass; to collect or cluster together
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Circumspect
Definition
Watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent; well-considered
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Digression
Definition
A passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing
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Erratic
Definition
Deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; having no certain course
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Enumerate
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To mention seperately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list
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Tempestuous
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Tumultous; turbulent
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Assert
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To state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; to maintain
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Charlatan
Definition
A person who pretends to know more knowledge or skill than they possess
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Aesthetic
Definition
Having a sense of the beautiful; pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality
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Nostalgic
Definition
A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life
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Espouse
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To make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause; to marry
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Fastidious
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Excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to pleas
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Induce
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To lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind
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Hyperbole
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Obvious and intentional exaggeration
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Stalwart
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Strongly and stoutly built; strong and brave; valiant
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