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Pre-AP Vocabulary Ch 12
Ch 12
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English
8th Grade
02/17/2011

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diligent
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hard working (adj.)
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rebuttal
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an opposing argument or claim (n.)
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warily
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in a watchful and cautious manner; leery and distrusting (adv.)
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aspiring
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having great ambition for something, possessing a desire to attain a goal (adj.)
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stratum
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a level, layer, rank or grade (n.)
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convaluted
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literally coiled or twisted; extremely complicated or complex (adj.)
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abridge
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to make shorter, reduce, compress (v.)
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impressionable
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easily affected or influenced, sensitive (adj.)
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autonomous
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independent, self-reliant, self governed (adj.)
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servile
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a slave, fawning, submissive, lacking spirit (adj.)
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perniciously
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in a harmful and destructive manner (adv.)
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sagacious
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wise, exercising sound judgment (adv.)
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