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11th Grade
12/09/2008

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Term
Root - Act/ag
Definition
To do, to drive, to force, to lead - Act, agent, agitate, exact, prodigal
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Root - Nov/neo/nou
Definition
New - Novel, novice
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Root - Ped
Definition
Child, education - Pediatrician, encyclopedia
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Chronology
Definition
An order of events from earliest to latest
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Economical
Definition
Frugal; thrifty
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Conjoin
Definition
To join or act together
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Panegyric
Definition
Lofty praise
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Pedagogue
Definition
A strict, overly academic teacher
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Reprobate
Definition
A wicked, sinful, depraved person
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Untoward
Definition
Unfavorable or unfortunate; improper
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Welter
Definition
A confused mass; a commotion or turmoil
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Inchoate
Definition
Just beginning; not organized or orderly
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Problematic
Definition
Doubtful or questionable
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Timbre
Definition
The quality of sound independent of pitch and loudness
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Disavow
Definition
To deny
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Gerrymander
Definition
To divide a state or county into election districts to gain political advantage
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Repugnant
Definition
Distasteful or offensive
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Taut
Definition
Tightly drawn, as a rope; emotionally tense
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Cajole
Definition
To deceptively persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do
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Discomfit
Definition
To confuse, deject, frustrate, deceive
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Accrete
Definition
To increase by growth or addition
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Contumacious
Definition
Stubbornly rebellious or disobedient
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Fulsome
Definition
Disgusting or repulsive
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Homeostasis
Definition
The tendency of an organic system to maintain internal stability
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Hone
Definition
To sharpen
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Insolvent
Definition
Unable to pay one's bills
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Ligneous
Definition
Wood like
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Motility
Definition
Spontaneous movement
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Munificent
Definition
Very generous; lavish
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Neophyte
Definition
A beginner
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Rivet
Definition
To fix one's attention on
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Saturnine
Definition
A sluggish gloomy temperament
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Viscous
Definition
Thick and sticky
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