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Semester 2: List #1
April 24-28
10
English
Not Applicable
04/24/2006

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acute
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(adj) a condition that begins suddenly and does not last very long (eg, broken arm). Acute is the opposite of chronic.
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augment
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(v) enlarge or increase; grow or intensify
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austere
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(adj) having no adornment or ornamentation; bare
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banal
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(adj) repeated too often; over-familiar through overuse; hackneyed
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candid
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(adj) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; frank
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complacent
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(adj) contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned
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condescend
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(v) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
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contempt
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(n) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
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denounce
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(v) speak out against
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depravity
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(n) corruption: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
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