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Week 31
Barron's Vocabulary
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English
11th Grade
10/09/2008
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heresy
 Definition
unbelief, dissent, lack of faith
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prudent
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wise, cautious
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ostensible
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appearing to be true, seeming
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fervid
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intense, enthusiastic, passionate
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spurious
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false, counterfeit, specious
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propagate
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produce, multiply, spread
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anomaly
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irregularity, abnormality
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innocuous
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harmless, mild, innocent
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surfeit
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excess, superabundance
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milieu
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environment, setting
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strident
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shrill, harsh, rough, (usually voice)
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concomitant
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accompanying, attending
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lassitude
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weariness, fatigue
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deleterious
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bad, harmful
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efficacy
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power to produce an effect
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dissent (v.)
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differ, disagree, protest
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ferment
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uproar, agitation, turmoil
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attenuated
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weakened, thinned, decreased
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arbiter
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judge
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incumbent (adj.)
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morally required
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cold shoulder
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to disregard or ignore
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without rhyme or reason
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making no sense
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swan song
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final or last (swans are said to sing before they die)
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to get the sack
 Definition
to be discharged or fired
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