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11th Grade
10/12/2009

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BIGOT
Definition
narrow minded; prejudiced person
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COUNTERFEIT
Definition
Fake; Flase
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ENFRANCHISE
Definition
Give Voting Rights
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HAMPER
Definition
to hinder; obstruct
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KINDLE
Definition
To start a fire
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NOXIOUS
Definition
Harmful; poisonous; lethal
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PLACID
Definition
calm; peaceful
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REMUNERATION
Definition
Payment for work done
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TALISMAN
Definition
Lucky Charm
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ABRASIVE
Definition
Rough; Coarse; Harsh
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BILK
Definition
Cheat; Defraud
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COVERT
Definition
Hidden; Undercover
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ENGENDER
Definition
cause
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HANGAR
Definition
storage area for a plane
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KNOTTY
Definition
complex; difficult to solve
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NUANCE
Definition
something subtle; a fine shade of meaning
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PLAGIARISM
Definition
taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
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RENOWN
Definition
fame
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TANGENT
Definition
going off the main subject
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EXPOUND
Definition
to set forth
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ELUSIVE
Definition
tending to elude; hard to comprehend or define
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UNWARRENTED

Definition
not justifiable
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UNSCATHED
Definition
wholly unharmed; not unjured
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UNREMITTING
Definition
not stopping
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UNPARALLELED
Definition
having no equal or match
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UNORTHODOX
Definition
not having an established religion
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UNFOUNDED
Definition
lacking a sound basis
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UNFETTERED
Definition
liberated
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UNFLAPPABLE
Definition
not easily upset
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UNFAZED
Definition
not focused or disturbed
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INVIOLABLE
Definition
too sacred to be violated
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INTREPID
Definition
resolutely firm & fearless
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INSATIABLE
Definition
incapable of being satisfied
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INDEFATIGABLE
Definition
capable of working a long time without tiring
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INCORPOREAL
Definition
having no material body or form
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INCORRIGIBLE
Definition
not to be corrected or improved
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INAUSPICIOUS
Definition
not favorable
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IMPIOUS
Definition
lacking in reverence or proper respect
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IMPARTIAL
Definition
not partial
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IMMUTABLE
Definition
not capable of change
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REVOKE
Definition
to put an end to
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REVITALIZE
Definition
to give new life or vigor to
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RESILIENT
Definition
capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture
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UNSUBSTANTIATED
Definition
lacking substance; firmness
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ABBERATION
Definition
the act of deviating espically from a moral standard
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ABHOR
Definition
to feel extreme aversion for; hate
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BENEDICTION
Definition
the invocation of a blessing
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BENEFACTOR
Definition
one that gives help
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BENEVOLENT
Definition
of a gentle disposition
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MALEFACTOR
Definition
one guilty of a crime or offense
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MALIGNANT
Definition
evil in influence
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MALEDICTION
Definition
a prayer for harm to befall someone
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MALEVOLENT
Definition
having or showing intense often vicious ill will towards people
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MALICIOUS
Definition
feeling strong ill will
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SUPERCILIOUS
Definition
haughtily scornful
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SUPERCEDE
Definition
to force out of use as inferior
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MISANTHROPE
Definition
a person who dislikes and distrusts other people
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MISCREANT
Definition
one that behaves badly
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MISNOMER
Definition
a wrong or unsuitable name
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AMICABLE
Definition
characterized by friendly goodwill
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AMITY
Definition
friendly relations espically between nations
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AMIABLE
Definition
generally agreeable
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GREGARIOUS
Definition
tending to assiociate with others of one's kind
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SEGREGATE
Definition
to seperate or set apart from others or from the general mass
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ANOMALY
Definition
deviation from what is usual or expected
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REDUNDANT
Definition
exceeding what is necessary or normal
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EXTROVERT
Definition
a person whose attention and interests are directed wholly or predominatly toward what is outside the self
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ECCENTRIC
Definition
dieviating from some established pattern or from usage or conduct
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EMINENT
Definition
standing above all the others, espically in rank, merit, or virtue
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EXTRICATE
Definition
to free from an entanglement
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AMORPHOUS
Definition
having no determinate shape or form
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ANARCHY
Definition
the condition of a society without a government
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ATHEIST
Definition
one who believes there is no God
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REFURBISH
Definition
to brighten or freshen up
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REJUVENATE
Definition
to make young or youthful again
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REPATRIATE
Definition
to send or bring back to the country of which one is a citizen
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EXORBITANT
Definition
going byound the limits of what is fair, reasonable or expected
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