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Greenwood FINAL
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Literature
12th Grade
06/03/2013
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archetypal
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prototype of, usual example of
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egregious
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offensively bad
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clandestine
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kept in secret, done in secret
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humility
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condition of being humble
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misnomer
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the error of naming a person or place
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arbitrate
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to judge or settle disputes between parties
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scrupulous
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painstakingly accurate
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vociferous
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loudness, clamorous
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circumvent
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to bypass an issue, enclose
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reparation
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payment for damages
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effrontery
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brazen boldness
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susceptible
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easily influenced
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uncouth
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crude or awkward, implotie
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veritable
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genuine, true
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perfidious
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deliberate breech of faith
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deleterious
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having a harmful effect
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opulent
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exhibiting great wealth
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venerable
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commanding great respect by position (think commander hill's venom)
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encumbered
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burdened
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eviscerate
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to remove the entrails of
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acquiescence
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agreement without protest
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juxtapose
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to compare side-by-side
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paradoxical
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seemingly contradictory in statement
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buoyant
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light-hearted, lightness
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interminable
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seemingly endless
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sustenance
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means of living, norishment
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incessant
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continuing without interruption
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ostenible
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outwardly appearing as such
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petulance
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ill-tempered
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multifarious
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having great variety, diverse
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