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02/19/2011
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commission
 Definition
a command
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exile
 Definition
Forced absence from ones country or home
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predecessor
 Definition
ancestor,someone ahead
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seduction
 Definition
to persuade, temptation
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debauchery
 Definition
a wild gathering, orgy.
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redaction
 Definition
obscuring or removing sensitive information for publication
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edify
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To establish or build
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impartial
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not partial or biased, fair
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interpolation
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to alter or corrupt
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cataclysm
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catastrophe
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desecrate
 Definition
defame, defile
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imposition
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an uncalled for burden. Ex., he listened but resented the imposition.
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allegory
 Definition
a story using fictional characters and events. Transcends the literal meaning of the text.
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intercede
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intervene
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dissipation
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wasteful expenditures
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anomaly
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deviation from the common rule; irregularity.
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inexorable
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not to be persuaded moved or stopped. Relentless.
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polemical
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controversial
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encomium
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glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise
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ascension
Definition
the act of ascending
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Imposition
 Definition
Something Imposed.
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Antithesis
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Opposite, contrast. "Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly".
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credence
 Definition
belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim.