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English
11th Grade
09/28/2014

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Abate
Definition
V.- To reduce in amount
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Aberration
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N.- The act of departing from the usual course
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Abet
Definition
V.- To encourage by aid, usally in wrong doing.
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Abject
Definition
Adj.- Utterly hopeless
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Abrogate
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V.- To abolish by formal or official means
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Abstruse
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Adj.- Hard to understand
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Accolades
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N.- Any award, honor, or laudatory notice
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Accost
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V.- to confront boldly
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Accrue
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V.- to happen or result as a natural growth
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Acerbic
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Adj.- Very harsh
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Acme
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N.- the highest point
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Acolyte
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N.- An alter attendant in public worship
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Acquiesce
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V.- to assent tacitly; Submit or comply silently or without protest
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Acrimonious
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Adj.- Bitter in nature
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Acumen
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N.- Keen insight
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Adamant
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Adj.- Utterly unyielding in attitude
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Admonition
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N.- A gentle reproof
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Adulation
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N.- Excessive devotion to someone
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Adumbrate
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V.- Foreshouded vaguely, intimated
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Adventitious
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Adj.- Associated with someone by chance rather than as an integral part
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Aeon
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N.- Long time ago
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Aesthetic
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Adj.- Pretaining to a sense of beautiful or to the philosopy of aestiatics
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Affable
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Adj.- Pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to
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Affluent
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Adj.- having an a abundance of wealth
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Ab
Definition
Away, from, from off, down
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ability
Definition
ability, fitness, capacity
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ade
Definition
an action, or product of an action
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algia
Definition
pain
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ambi
Definition
both
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anti
Definition
against
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arch
Definition
Chief, principal; extreme, ultra; early, primitive
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ard
Definition
hardy
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astro
Definition
star
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athon
Definition
Prolonged activity and usually some measure of endurance
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Abstemious
Definition
To eat in moderation
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