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VOCABULARY PAX
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Undergraduate 1
06/12/2014

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PROXY
Definition
THE AUTHORITY TO ACT FOR ONE ANOTHER
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FRIGID
Definition
VERY COLD
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REPLICIA
Definition
FAITHFUL COPY OF SOMETHING
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FALLACY
Definition
MISTAKEN BELIEF OR IDEA
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SABOTAGE
Definition
DELIBERATE DESTRUCTION
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CORONER
Definition
PUBLIC OFFICER WHO INVESTIGATES BY INQUEST ANY DEATH THAT IS OTHER THAN NATURAL
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BEHOOVE
Definition
TO BE RIGHT OR PROPER FOR SOMEBODY
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CHASTISE
Definition
TO SCOLD OR PUNISH SOMEBODY
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LURE
Definition
TO ENTICE SOMEBODY
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GAUNTLET
Definition
A GLOVE WORN WITH MEDIEVAL ARMOR
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ZEALOUS
Definition
ACTIVELY AND UNRESERVEDLY ENTHUSIASTIC
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CUMULUS
Definition
A LARGE FLUFFY CLOUD
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SINUOUS
Definition
SUPPLE AND GRACEFUL
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APHASIA
Definition
LACK OF LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES
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DELETED
Definition
TO SCORE OUT OR EARSED SOMETHING
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ASTUTE
Definition
CLEVER AND PERCEPTIVE
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BIAS
Definition
AN UNFAIR PREFERENCE FOR OR DISLIKE OF SOMETHING
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INFLATION
Definition
AN UPWARD PRICE MOVEMENT OF GOODS IN THE ECONOMY
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PAROCHIAL
Definition
NARROW MINDED. CONCERNED ONLY WITH NARROW LOCAL CONCERNS.
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LIAISON
Definition
SOMEBODY WHO COORDINATES COMMUNICATION BETWEEN 2 PEOPLE
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EXILE
Definition
ABSENCE FROM OWN COUNTRY
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FUTILE
Definition
HAVING NO PRACTICAL EFFECT OR USUAL RESULT
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APEX
Definition
THE HIGHEST POINT OF SOMETHING
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LARCENY
Definition
THE UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OF ANOTHER PERSONS PROPERTY
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CHIDE
Definition
TO SPEAK OUT IN ANGRY OR DISPLEASED REBUKE
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LETHARGY
Definition
TIRED, PHYSICALLY SLOW AND MENTALLY DULL
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FRUGAL
Definition
CHARACTERIZED BY THRIFTINESS AND AVUIDANCE OF WASTE
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BLAND
Definition
UNEMOTIONAL WITH EMOTION
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MEDIAN
Definition
MIDDLE IN SET OF ORDERED VALUES
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BRAWL
Definition
NOISY QUARRELS, SQUABBLE OR FIGHT
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MONARCHY
Definition
SYSTEM RULE BY MONARCH
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SEIZED
Definition
TO TAKE HOLD OF SUDDENLY OR FORCIBLY
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NARCISSISM
Definition
EXCESSIVE SELF ADMIRATION
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REVERENCE
Definition
FEELINGS OF DEEP RESPECT OR DEVOTION
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DEFACES
Definition
TO SPOIL THE APPEARANCE OF SOMETHING. TO DEFACE A WALL BY WRITING ON IT.
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ORNERY
Definition
UNCOOPERATIVE AND IRRITABLE
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CALAMITY
Definition
A DISASTROUS SITUATION OR EVENT
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PERMEATED
Definition
TO ENTER SOMETHING AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT IT
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PEDANTIC
Definition
TOO CONCERNED WITH FORMAL RULES AND DETAILS
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BANAL
Definition
DULL AND UNORIGINAL
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BREVITY
Definition
BRIEFNESS, SHORTNESS IN TIME
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HUMILITY
Definition
MODESTY OR RESPECTFULNESS
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PRAGMATIC
Definition
CONCERNED WITH PRACITICAL RESUTLS
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LABYRINTH
Definition
A PLACE WITH A LOT OF CRISSCROSSING OR COMPLICATED PASSAGES.
Term
FACADE
Definition
THE FACE OF A BUILDING
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APPLICATION
Definition
THE ACT OF PUTTING TO A SPECIAL USE OR PURPOSE
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BESTOW
Definition
TO GIVE OR PRESENT SOMETHING
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DILUTE
Definition
TO MAKE SOMETHING THINNER OR WEAKER
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DETER
Definition
RESTRAIN FROM TAKING ACTION
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OMIT
Definition
LEAVE SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING OUT
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