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English
10th Grade
06/06/2006

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admonish
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(v) to warn
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aggregate
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(adj/v) total or combined amount of/to look at whole then parts
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assuage
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(v) to soften intensity of
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brusque
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(adj) blunt in manner
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capitulate
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(v) to surrender, acquiesce
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chaste
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(adj) pure in thought and conduct
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comely
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(adj) attractive; pleasing/wholesome in appearance
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decorum
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(n) correct or polite behaviour
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diffident
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(adj) lacking self confidence
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dubious
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(adj) questionable character; having uncertainty/doubt
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egregious
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(adj) flagrantly or outstandingly bad or shocking
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emanate
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(v) to come or send forth from a force
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felicitous
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(adj) fortunate or suitable; pleasant/delightful
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florid
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(adj) flowerly(writing style) or ruddy(complexion)
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fractious
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(adj) hard to handle; tending to be troublesome
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germane
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(adj) relevant/appropriate
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heinous
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(adj) wicked, nefarious
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ignominious
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(adj) marked by shame/disgrace
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impunity
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(n) exemption from harm/punishment
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incorrigible
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(adj) incapable of being corrected or reformed
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inexorable
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(adj) incapable of being persuaded
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insidious
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(adj) treacherous
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laconic
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(adj) few words
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lithe
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(adj) easily bent, flexible
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lucid
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(adj) mentally sound, easily understood
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malign
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(v) to make evil/untrue statements about
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mundane
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(adj) earthly; ordinary
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nebulous
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(adj) lacking limits; vague/cloudy/misty
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obdurate
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(adj) hardened in wickedness
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overt
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(adj) open/observable
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panache
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(n) overt energy or enthusiasm
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perfidious
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(adj) marked by treachery
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petulant
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(adj) ill-humored/irritable
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prodigious
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(adj) big (size/force)
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quell
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(v) to reduce to submission
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raze
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(v) to demolish, level to ground, scrape off
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respite
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(n) period of temporary delay/rest
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reticent
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quiet
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sedulous
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accomplished with careful perserverence (adj)
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supercilious
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(adj) excessively proud
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temerity
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(n) recklessness from underestimating danger
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trenchant
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(adj) forceful, penetrating
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truculent
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(adj) tending to quarrel/be bad tempered
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ubiquitous
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(adj) widespread, being everywhere
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vacuous
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(adj) stupid, empty
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verbose
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(adj) using many words
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voluble
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(adj) characterized by great flow of words
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wan
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(adj) sickly pale
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winsome
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(adj) attractive, charming
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