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Vocabulary: Week 18
List of Vocabulary Words for Week Eighteen
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Undergraduate 1
09/04/2012

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Acrimonious (adj.)
Definition
Caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.
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Circumscribe (v.)
Definition
1. To draw a line around; encircle
2. To enclose within bounds; limit; confine
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Endemic (adj.)
Definition
Belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place
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Engender (v.)
Definition
To produce, cause, or give rise to; beget
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Parsimonious (adj.)
Definition
Frugal; stingy; penurious
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Pervasive (adj)
Definition
Spread throughout
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Promulgate (v.)
Definition
To make known by open declaration: publish; proclaim
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Relegate (v.)
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1. To send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition
2. To assign or refer (something) to a particular class or kind
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Revile (v.)
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To address or speak of abusively
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Versicolor (adj.)
Definition
Changeable in color
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