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Test 6
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12th Grade
11/20/2009
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Adjure

 Definition

to reject something
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Aborigine
 Definition
  native plant or animal
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Accolade
 Definition

sing of praise

 
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amorphous
 Definition
without shape
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animus
 Definition
hostility
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Assuage
 Definition
relieves something unpleasantly
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Decry
 Definition
criticize somebody or something
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Devious
 Definition
unfair
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Dichotomy
 Definition
separation of different things
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Exemplar
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ideal
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Herculean
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very hard or strong
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Inchoate
 Definition
just beginning
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Individious
 Definition
unjust
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Leviathan
 Definition
large beast
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Melange
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mixture
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misapprehend
 Definition
misunderstand
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nefarious
 Definition
evil
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niggard
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miserly person
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nihilism
 Definition
total rejection of established lawes and institiutions
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Parochial
 Definition
of parish
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Portal
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large gate
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Purvey
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to circulate gossip
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Ratify
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to approve something
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Recourse
 Definition
use of others for assistance
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Replete
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filled or well-supplied with something
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Subsume
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include something
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Variegated
 Definition
having patches of different color
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Vitiate
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spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of
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Waive
 Definition
refrain from insisting on or using
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