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40
English
9th Grade
01/30/2010

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transcendence
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surpassing others, supreme
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romanticism
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romantic quality in spirit or thought
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impenetrability
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difficult to understand
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loquacity
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wordy
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verisimilitude
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appearance of true or real
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anonymity
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state of being anonymous
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ignominy
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disgrace, dishonor, public contempt
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prominence
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act of standing out
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extroverted
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outgoing, gregarious person
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magnanimous
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generous forgiving an insult. 2. High-minded, noble
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effusive
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unruly demonstrative, lacking personality. 2. pouring out
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supercilious
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disdain, fully contemptous
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paragon
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noun: model or pattern of excellence verb (with object): compare, parallel
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munificence
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extremely generous
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epitomized
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1. an abstract of 2. typical example of
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esoteric
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understand or meant for only a select few
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abstruse
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hard to understand, obscure
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unencumbered
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hinders
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prosaic
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commonplace
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mundane
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prosaic
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thrust
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1. push forcibly 2. shove to put boldy forth or assume acceptance of 3. extend, present 4. stab or pierce
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effrontery
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shameless or very bold
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ambivalence
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uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things
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cynical
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doubutfulness
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profusion
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1. abundance 2. lavishly spending
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scrutinize
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to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
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passe
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no longer fashionable, done with
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prolific
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producing large quantities of
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pedantic
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ostentatious in one's learning
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belligerent
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warlike, very agressive
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backslider
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someone who relapses into bad habits
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demagogue
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a person or political figure who gains powers by emotions, passion, and prejuidces
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prognostic
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predictive of something in the future
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megalomanic
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related or afflicted with megalomania- person who is obessed with achieving great things.
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abode
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a place in which a person resides to
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conundrum
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a riddle, anything that puzzles
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anecdote
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a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical.
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exonerated
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clear of accusation
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reprimanded
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disdain for a person in authority
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stipulated
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to make an agreeement
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