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10th Grade
12/02/2008
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laconic
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adj. using a minimum amount of words
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jettison
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v. to throw overboard
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inundate
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v. to overwhelm
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pantheist
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n. one who equates God w/ nature
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omnivorous
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adj. eating both plants and animals
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overt
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adj open to view
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paroxysm
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n. sudden violent fit or attack
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inveterate
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adj. confirmed in habit
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phlegmatic
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adj. calm
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aggravate
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v. to make a situation worse
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propitious
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adj. favorable
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remiss
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adj. neglegent in performance of work or duty
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amicable
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adj friendly
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amnesty
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n pardon granted to a large group of individuals
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rife
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adj. abundant, prevalent
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subjugate
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v force to submit to control and governance
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subterfuge
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n. deceptive device
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virulent
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adj. very poisonoud
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voracious
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aj. having a huge apetite, ravenous
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zealot
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n. fanatic
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complicity
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n. asscociation w/ or participationin a wrongful act
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supplicate
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ask humbly/ earnestly
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diatribe
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n. a bitter and abussive speech or writing
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exacerbate
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v. aggravate
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paradox
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n. a proposition or circumstance that seems contradictory but that is in some way or sense true
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