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Section 7-8 Red
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English
10th Grade
05/14/2012

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Corpulent
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Fat/obese
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Choleric
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hot-tempered; quick to anger
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Circumspect
Definition
Cautious; heedful of situations and potential consequences
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Circumvent
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to surround; enclose; bypass
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Clone
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an exact duplicate
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Coerce
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to force someone by threatening or physically overpowering him
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Confiscate
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to seize
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Continuum
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a continuous whole without clear division into parts
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Conundrum
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a dilemma; any problem or puzzle
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Copious
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plentiful
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Cryptic
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having ambiguous or hidden meaning
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Cupidity
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excessive greed, especially for money
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Curb
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to control or check
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Cursory
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rapid and superficial; preformed with haste and scant attention to detail
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Defunct
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dead or inactive; having ceased to exist
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Demise
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death; the end
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