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Language - English
12th Grade
01/30/2010

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edifice
Definition
a building
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effigy
Definition
a crude representation of a loathed person
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egregious
Definition
blatantly wrong
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elusive
Definition
hard to grasp; escaping; evasive
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emollient
Definition
a soothing lotion
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empirical
Definition
based on data, evidence, and/or experiments
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enervate
Definition
to drain of energy; to weaken
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enfranchise
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to free from slavery; to bestow the right to vote
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epitaph
Definition
words inscribed on a tomb
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espouse
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to support, advocate
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expurgate
Definition
to delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text
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extant
Definition
existing
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fabrication
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a lie
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facile
Definition
easy
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felicitous
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suitable; pleasant; used to describe and appropriate occasion
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feral
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savage; wild
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galvanize
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to incite; to arouse to action; to stimulate like an electric shock
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gaunt
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thin; haggard from hunger or great age
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gingerly
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carefully
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grovel
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to beg or plead; to crawl; to behave subordinately
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hapless
Definition
ill fated; unfortunate; unlucky
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harbinger
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a messenger; an omen indicating what follows
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hermetic
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sealed in an airtight manner
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histrionic
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over theatrical; melodramatic
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hubris
Definition
excessive pride; arrogance
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