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English
11th Grade
10/29/2007

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Approbation

Definition
the expression of approval or favorable opinion; praise, official approval
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Assuage
Definition
to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
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Coalition
Definition
a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
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Decadence
Definition
decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self indulgence
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Elicit

Definition
to draw forth, bring out from some source
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Expostulate
Definition
to attmept to dissuade someone form some course or decision by earnest reasoning
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Hackneyed
Definition
used so often as to lack freshness or originality
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Hiatus

Definition
a gap, opening, break
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Innuendo
Definition
a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
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Intercede
Definition
to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a dissagreement
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Jaded
Definition

wearied, worn out, dulled

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Lurid
Definition
causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
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Meritorious

Definition
worthy, deserving recognition or praise
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Petulant
Definition
peevish, annoyed by triffles, easily irritated and upset
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Prerogative
Definition
a special right or priveldege; a special quality showing excellence
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Provincial
Definition
pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook; a person with a narrow point of view
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Simulate
Definition
to make a pretense of, imitate, to show the outer signs of
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Transcend
Definition
to rise above or beyond, exceed
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Umbrage
Definition
shade cast by trees; foilage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
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Unctuous
Definition
excessively smooth or smug; trying to hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty; oily; pliable
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Ameliorate
Definition
to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
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Aplomb
Definition
poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
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Bombastic
Definition
pompous or overblown in language; full of high sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
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Callow
Definition
without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
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Drivel
Definition
saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless, talk or thinking; nonsense; to let salive flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
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Epitome
Definition
a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
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Exhort
Definition
to urge strongly, advise earnestly
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Ex officio
Definition
by virtue of holding a certain office
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Infringe
Definition
to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
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Ingratiate
Definition
to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others 
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Interloper
Definition
one who moves in where he/she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
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Intrinsic
Definition
belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essiential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
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Inveigh
Definition
to make a violent attack in words, express strong dissaproval
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Lassitude

Definition
weariness of the mind or body, lack of energy
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Millennium
Definition
a period of a thousand years
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Occult
Definition
mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret hidden, to hide, conceal, sclipse, matters involving a supernatural
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Permeate
Definition
to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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Precipitate

Definition
to fall as moisture, to cause or bring about suddenly, moisture, the product of an action, to hurl down from a great height, to give distanct form to
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Stringent
Definition
strict, severe, rigoriously or urgently binding or compelling sharp or bitter to the taste
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Surmise
Definition
to think or believe without certain supporting evidence to conjecture or guess likely an idea that lacks definate proof
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Abominate
Definition
to have an intense dislike or hatred for
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Acculturation
Definition
the modifications of the social patterns traits or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another the resultant blend
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Adventitous
Definition
resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character accidental not essential acquired not congenital
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Ascribe
Definition
to assign or refer to as a cause or source, attribute
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Circuitous
Definition
roundabout not direct
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Commiserate
Definition
to sympathize with have pity or sorrow for share a feeling of distress
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Enjoin
Definition
to direct or order to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way to prohibit
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Expediate
Definition
to make easy, cause to progress faster
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Expiate
Definition
to make amends, make up for to avert
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Ferment
Definition
a state of great excitement agitation or turbulence to be in or work into such a state to produce alcohol by chemical action
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Inadvertant
Definition
resulting from or marked by lack of attention unintentional accidental
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Nomial
Definition
existing in name only not real too small to be considered or taken seriously
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Noncommittal

Definition
not decisive or definate unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no
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Peculate
Definition
to steal something that has been given into ones trust to take improperly for ones own use
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Proclivity
Definition
a natural or habitual inclination or tendency
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Sangfroid
Definition
composure or coolness especially in trying circumstances
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Seditious
Definition
resistant to lawful authority having the purpose of overthrowing an established government
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Tenuous
Definition
thin slender not dense lacking clarity or sharpness of slight importance or significance lacking a sound basis poorly supported
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Vitrolic
Definition
bitter sarcastic highly caustic or biting
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Wheedle
Definition
to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end
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Affable
Definition
courteous and pleasent, sociable, easy to talk to
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Aggrandize
Definition

to increse is greatness, power or wealth; to build up or intensify

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Amorphous
Definition

shapeless, without definite form

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Aura
Definition
to which surrounds; a distinctive air or quality
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Contraband
Definition
illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal prohibited
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Erudite
Definition
schoalary, learned, bookish, pedantic
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Gossamer
Definition
thin, light, delicate, a very thing light cloth
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Infer

Definition
to find out by reasoning; to hint, suggest, supply
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Inscrutable
Definition
incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physical
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Insular
Definition
relating to, characteristic of, or suited on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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Irrevocable
Definition
incapable of being changed or called back
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Propensity
Definition
a natural inclination or prediction toward
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Querulous
Definition
peevish, complaining, fretful
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Remonstrate
Definition
to argue or plead with someone against something; protest against, object to
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Repudiate
Definition
to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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Resilient
Definition
able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
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Reverberate
Definition
to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatidly
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Scurrilous
Definition
coarsly abusive, vulgar or low, foul mouthed
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Sedulous
Definition
persistant, showing industry and imigination
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Sleazy
Definition
thin or fleamsy in texture; cheap; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
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Amnesty

Definition

a general pardon for an offense against a government in general, any act of forgivness or absolution

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Autonomy

Definition

self government, political control

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Axiomatic

Definition

self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule

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Blazon

Definition

to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely

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Caveat

Definition

a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

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Equitable

Definition

fair, just, embodying principles of justice

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Extricate

Definition

to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort

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Flich

Definition

to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

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Flout

Definition

to mock, treat with contempt

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Fractious

Definition

tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable

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