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35
English
10th Grade
01/03/2007

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Abhor
Definition
hates, loathes, detests
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Abstraction
Definition
deduction, an idea separate from specific objects
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Acme
Definition
top, highest point of perfection
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Assuage
Definition
lessen, pacify, mitigate
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Bilious
Definition
sour, bad-tempered, crabbed
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Blase
Definition
bored, uninterested, satiated
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Captious
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quibbling, sophistical, carping
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Circumspect
Definition
cautious, careful, unobjectionable
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Countenance
Definition
face, expression, features
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Deleterious
Definition
bad, harmful, injurious
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Despot
Definition
bully, dictator, tyrant
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Effrontery
Definition
nerve, boldness, presumption
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Erudite
Definition
well-read, scholarly
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expatiate
Definition
expand, enlarge
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felicitous
Definition
fitting, apt, appropriate
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garrulous
Definition
talkative, chattery, loquacious
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impasse
Definition
standstill, deadlock
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ineluctable
Definition
certain, unavoidable
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ken
Definition
knowing, field of knowledge, cognizance
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malinger
Definition
shirking their work, evading duty, feigning incapacity
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narcissistic
Definition
self centered, self adulatory, egoistic
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Odious
Definition
hateful, disgusting, offensive
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pendant
Definition
narrow minded person, trivial
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peroration
Definition
conclusion, summary, recapitulation
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platonic
Definition
idealistic, spiritual, unsensual
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recalcitrant
Definition
resisting authority, uncooperative, refractory
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restive
Definition
nervous, uneasy, restless
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sardonic
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sarcastic, biting, ironic
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stolid
Definition
not easily excited, unemotional, impassive
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sybarite
Definition
lover of luxury, voluptuary
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tirade
Definition
antagonistic speech, outburst, denunciation
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vagary
Definition
whim, quirk, capriciousness
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venal
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corrupt, purchasable, mercenary
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vicarious
Definition
second-hand, substitute, empathetic
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vitiated
Definition
weakened, spoiled, marred
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