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Vocabulary 8
Mrs. Beach, Vocab, English 11 AP
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11th Grade
03/02/2009
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inherent
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inborn, built in
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ambivalent
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uncertain; having opposing feelings simultaneously
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proliferate
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grow or increase rapidly
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assimilation
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to absorb/make similar
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emigrate
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to leave one's country and settle in another
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dogged
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stubbornly perservering
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abdurate
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inflexible
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dogmatic
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adhering to unproven beliefs
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ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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tenacity
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persistance
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whimsical
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unpredictable
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strategem
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plan or trick for deceiving the enemy
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assiduous
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hard-working
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consensus
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general agreement
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maverick
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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capricious
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impulsive
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arbitrary
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determined by impulse
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surreptitiously
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done by secretive means
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inveterate
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deep-rooted
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tenous
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shaky, weak
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