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naujokas 300-400
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10th Grade
12/10/2011

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girth
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circumference
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the distance around
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menage
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mendicant
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cryptic
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counterpane
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rueful
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hobbledehoy
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unsullied
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confessor
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fissure
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devious
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prowess
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extreme skill or ability or technique
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edenic
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pertaining to paradise or eden
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chthonic
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pertaining to the gods of the underworld
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saccharine
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overly sentimental
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too "sweet"
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mandlin
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nostalgic
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fondly yearning for the past
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avuncular
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pertaining to uncle
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aphorism
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a proverb or saying or adage
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bacchanalian
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pertaining to orgies
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philistine
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a person antagonistic to the parts or to progress
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aquiline
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pertaining to eagles
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hedonist
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one who lives for sensual pleasure
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pedestrian
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adj. commonplace, trite, banal
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amoral
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neither good nor evil
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beyond morality
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not moral
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raptor
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a bird of prey like a hawk or eagle
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anachronism
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a mistake in chronology
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continent
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restraining ones desires
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chaste
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derisive
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showing scorn
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didacticisim
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the attitude of tending toward teaching
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pedagogue
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a teacher
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antiquarian
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one who's interested in the past
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magnanimous
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generous
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showing nobility or soul
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stereotyped
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lacking individuality
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trite
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anesthetized
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numbed into insensitivity
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cadaverous
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pertaining to a corpse
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corpse-like
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ostracize
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to exclude from deliberations
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to make into an outcast
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halitosis
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bad breath
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incognito
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in disguise
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bourgeois
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pertaining to middle class
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inane
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empty
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void of sense
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pointless
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vacuous
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theology
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systematic study of revealed religion
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study of god
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theogony
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the story of the origin of the gods
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theodicy
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branch of philosophy dealing with god
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theocentric
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god centered
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theocracy
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a society where priests rule
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abeyance
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suspension
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inactivity
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tumid
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swollen
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inflated
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protuberant
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expurgate
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to censor offensive material
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anchorite
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a holy hermit
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juxtaposed
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placed next to
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placed side to side
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aggregate
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the sum total
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the entire group of articles
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abscond
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to steal away with
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iconoclast
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one who attacks cherished values
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ephemeral
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not long lasting
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passing
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transitory
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acumen
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sharpness of insight
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polytheism
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belief in many gods
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monotheism
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belief in one god
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pantheism
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belief that all nature is god
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theism
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belief in a personal god
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adulation
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praise & recognition
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plethora
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an abundance
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alot of something
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vernal
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pertaining to spring
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debonair
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handsome & gallant
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agrarian
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pertaining to farming
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celibacy
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the state of being unmarried & not participating in the sex
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abnegate
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to deny formally
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deify
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to turn into a god
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to make a god
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deism
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belief in an impersonal or uncaring god
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admonish
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to warn or "scold" beforehand
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verisimilitude
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accuracy
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correspondence with the truth
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laconic
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belief or terse
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concise
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using few words
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accolade
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award
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recognition
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honors
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naive
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simple
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innocent
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unknowing
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dormant
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lying unused
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latent
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"sleeping"
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ambrosia
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food of the gods
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any delicious food
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adamant
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stubborn, hard, unyielding
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iconolatry
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worship of icons or religious pictures & images
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idolatry
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worship of idols
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gynaeolatry
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worship of women
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demonolatry
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worship of the devil
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abrogate
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to cancel or revoke
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gamut
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an entire range or series
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ambiguous
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having more than one meaning
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debutante
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a girl making her social debut
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neophyte
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a beginner
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an initiate
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analogous
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similar to
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`eclat
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brilliance or achievement
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cliche'
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an overused metaphor
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acme
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high point
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narcissistic
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excessively in love with oneself
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anthropology
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the study of mankind
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anthropophagous
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anthropomorphous
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malapropism
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nouveaux riches
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banal
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advent
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malaise
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abrige
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vacillation
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analgesia
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