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Unit 10 Vocab
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English
11th Grade
05/06/2016

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adj. detached; unconcerned
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aloof
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n. a short statement of principle; a saying giving a general truth or piece of wisdom
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aphorism
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adj. very plain; forbidding; strict; stern
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austere
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v. to divide into two equal parts
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bisect
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adj. indifferent; accidental; informal
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casual
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n. behavior
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demeanor
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n. the rule; field of influence; ownership; territory under one government
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domain
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n. luxury; dignified grace
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elegance
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adj. mysterious
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enigmatic
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v. to represent; to show or illustrate by example
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exemplify
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adv. precisely; definitely; clearly
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explicitly
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v. to place; to inflict; to take advantage of
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impose
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v. to engrave; to write on
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inscribe
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n. power to attract; the scientific principle concerning the use of magnets
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magnetism
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v. to erase; to destroy
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obliterate
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adj. most important; the first
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prime
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adj. intellectually deep; thorough
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profound
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n. one who resists change
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reactionary
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n. severity; difficulty; exactitude
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rigor
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adj. equivalent to
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tantamount
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