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Vocabulary: Week 16
List of Vocabulary Words for Week Sixteen
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Undergraduate 1
08/22/2012

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Antic (adj.)
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Ludicrous; funny
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Brazen (adj.)
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Shameless or impudent
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Docile (adj.)
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Easily managed or handled; tractable
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Duress (n.)
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Compulsion by threat or force; coercion; forceable restraint
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Extricate (v.)
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To free or release from entanglement; disengage
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Imperative (adj.)
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Absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable
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Impetus (n.)
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A moving force; the momentum of a moving body
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Lenient (adj.)
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Agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent
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Quagmire (n.)
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1. An area of boggy ground
2. Predicament; dilemma; quandary
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Scurrilous (adj.)
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Grossly or obscenely abusive; derisive
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