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English
12th Grade
01/14/2010

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adulation
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wild or excessive admiration or flattery
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impugn
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to attack the truth or integrity of someone or something
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inveterate
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habitual; deeply rooted
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axiom
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a self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying
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benighted
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ignorant, unenlightened
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rebuff
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to snub; to reject
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rout
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to put to flight; to scatter; to cause a huge defeat
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calumny
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a slander, or a malicious falsehood about another person
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carp
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to talk complainingly or to find fault
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commute
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to change a heavy, severe punishment or obligation to a lighter one
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consign
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to deliver, hand over, or transmit; to entrust to another's care
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desultory
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disconnected, shifting, or aimlessly skipping from one ting to another without order
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inveigle
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to win over or entice by trickery or deception
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pretension
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a claim, or declaration whose truth may be questioned
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unregenerate
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wicked, sinful, or unrepentant
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bruit
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to spread a report or rumor
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compendious
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compromised of all necessary or essential components, yet concise
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contiguity
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nearness, contact, or close proximity
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gainsay
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to declare false; to oppose or contradict
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ineluctable
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unavoidable; impossible to overcome; inevitable
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solipsism
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extreme self-centeredness
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ablution
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the act of washing oneself usually for a ritual or as part of a religious rite
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accede
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to take or rise to office or position of authority; or to agree to a demand
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censure
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a strong, official reprimand
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fulsome
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excessive or insincere, used to define flattery or praise
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ire
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fury, anger, wrath
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munificent
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showing great and overwhelming generosity; giving liberally
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penury
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extreme poverty or barrenness; having no resources or ability; infertile
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vituperative
Definition
abusive; unnecessarily harsh
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