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11th Grade
01/04/2010
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acrid
 Definition
bitter harsh
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acuity
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sharpness of perception
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baleful
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destructive, deadly
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cataclysm
 Definition
an even or situation that causes a momentous change or upheaval
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catharsis
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purification or purging of emotions
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dogma
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system of beliefs
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enumerate
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to count one by one
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grate
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cause irritation
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inertia
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resistance to motion
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inordinate
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excessive
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luminous
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shining, full of light
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maudlin
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overly sentimental
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novice
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beginner
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pique
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resentment, irritation
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propensity
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preference, natural inclination
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purse
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pucker or tighten lips
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refute
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disprove
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remuneration
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act of paying for service
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soothsayer
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person who can predict future
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supple
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easily bent
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travail
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difficult labor
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understate
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lack of emphasis, show little restraint
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abeyance
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suspension of action
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cavalier
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armed horsemen
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chagrin
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vexation through humiliations
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coagulate
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gather together in a mass, congeal
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contest
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compete
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defoliate
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deprive of leaves
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effigy
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dummy/ image of person who is usually not liked
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eon
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long period of time
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fervent
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ardent great emotion
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ingenuity
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cleverness
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insidious
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treacherous or dangerous in secret way
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plethora
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superabundance
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propitious
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graciously inclined
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protrusion
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sth sticking out
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querulous
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constantly complaining
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rustic
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relating to country
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temperance
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moderation or self restraint
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truncate
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shorten by cutting
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undulant
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moving with or resembling a wave
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adherent
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follower
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advent
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coming or arrival
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cache
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hole or hiding place to store supplies
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certitudes
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things that are inevitable or certain
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dictum
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dictum
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authoritative statement
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effusion
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pouring forth
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exacting
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demanding, requiring great care
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excise
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remove by cutting
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fetid
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having offensive smell
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harbor
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give shelter
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impermeable
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not able to be pentrated
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insolvent
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without money
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jettison
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discard or cast off
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otrude
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thrust out, to thrust forward
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repentan
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showing repentance or contrition for sin
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squander
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waste
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tenet
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doctrine or principle held as true
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vista
 Definition
distant view seen through an opening
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affront
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ofeenisve act or word
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blanch
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take color out of
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convivial
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fond of good company
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dilation
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expansion
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elegiac
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mournful, expressing sorrow
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heedless
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disregarding
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incisive
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perceptive, to the point
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interloper
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one who interferes in affairs of others
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molt
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shed outer covering
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pariah
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an outcast
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philanderer
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one who engages in love affirs lightly
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predisposed
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inclined toward sth in advance
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reprobate
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to disapprove or a depraved individual
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tenacious
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persistent
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tenuous
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flimsy barely attacehed
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unfrock
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deprive right to be in a profession
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