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Vocabulary sets for the English exam.
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English
12th Grade
12/17/2012

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UNIT 1
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BANAL

Definition
 adj. lacking freshness or originality; commonplace, ordinary
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CHICANERY
Definition
n. trickery, especially in legal dealings; the use of subterfuge or trickery in debate
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ENTREPRENUER
Definition
n. one who organizes and manages a business, assuming the risk of profit or loss
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FETISH
Definition
n. an inanimate object thought to have inherent magical powers, and therefore worshiped (The word was first used for the idols, amulets, and charms worshiped by the savages of the Guinea coast in Africa)

n. anything irrationally reverenced; obsession
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