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Rand and Sunni/Shias Article
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English
10th Grade
10/01/2014

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schism
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(n) a formal division or split in a group
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pariah
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(n) an outcast, someone to avoid
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bludgeon
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(n/v) a short, heavy club (n); to bully or coerce (v)
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resurgence
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(n) rising or tending to rise again; reviving
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rhetoric
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(n) the undue use of exaggeration or display in speaking
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beleaguered
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(v) to surround or beset, as with troubles (even militarily)
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disdain
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(n/v) to look upon or treat with contempt; view as unworthy
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rebuke
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(v) to express sharp, stern disapproval of
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emulate
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(v) to imitate with a desire to equal or surpass
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sectarian
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(adj) narrowly confined or devoted to a particular group
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transcend
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(v) to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed
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condone
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(v) to disregard, overlook, pardon, forgive
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denounce
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(v) to condemn or criticize openly, publicly
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unseemly
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(adj) not in keeping with established standards of taste
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ferocity
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(n) quality or state; savage fierceness
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vitriolic
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(adj) filled with bitter criticism or malice
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Objectivism
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(n) the belief that moral truths exist independently of human knowledge or perception of them
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altruism
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(n) selfless concern for the well-being of others
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lambaste
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(v) to criticize harshly
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detractor
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(n) someone who disparages
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profane
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(v/adj) to dishonor, to make not sacred
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quasi-
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(prefix) seemingly; apparently but not really
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bandy
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(v) pass on or discuss (an idea or rumor) in a casual or uninformed way
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stifling
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(adj) (1) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating; (2) making one feel constrained or oppressed
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conduit
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(n) a channel for conveying water or other fluid
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