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English
10th Grade
10/01/2014

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Quasitotalitarian (adjective) (prefix)
Definition
a seemingly totalitarian government, some characteristic of a totalitarian government
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Infatuated (verb)
Definition
To be passionate about something
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Vitriolic (adjective )
Definition
Filled with bitter criticism or malice
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Lambasted ( verb)
Definition
Criticized harshly
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Altruism (adverb )
Definition
Self sacrifice for the safety of others
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Radical (adjective)
Definition
Being extreme
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Conservative ( adjective )
Definition
Holding on to traditional values
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Conduit (noun)
Definition
A channel for conveying something
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Demonize (verb)
Definition
Wicked or threatening
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Fascist (noun)
Definition
A follower of facism where dictator has complete power
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Endeavors (noun, verb)
Definition
A pursuit, to try hard for something
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Implausible ( adjective )
Definition
Not seeming possibly
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Bandied (Verb)
Definition
Pass on or discuss
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Detractor ( noun)
Definition
Someone who puts others down or to diminish importance
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Alleviate (verb)
Definition
To lessen the pain of something
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Stifling ( adjective )
Definition
To suppress or quiet
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Profane ( adjective )
Definition
Not sacred, disrespecting the sacred
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Schism (noun)
Definition
A formal division or split in a group
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Pariah ( noun)
Definition
An outcast, someone to avoid
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Bludgeon( verb,noun)
Definition
A short, heavy club (noun) to bully or coerce (verb)
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Resurgence ( verb)
Definition
Rising or tending to rise again; reviving
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Rhetoric (verb)
Definition
The undue use of exaggeration or display in speaking
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Beleaguered (verb)
Definition
To surround with troubles
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Disdain ( noun)
Definition
To look upon or treat with contempt, view as unworthy
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Rebuke ( Verb)
Definition
To express sharp stern disapproval of
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Emulate ( verb)
Definition
To imitate with a desire to equal or surpass
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Sectarian ( adjective , noun,
Definition
Narrowly confined or devoted to a group (adjective ) member of sect (noun)
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Transcend ( verb )
Definition
To rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed
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Condone ( verb)
Definition
To disregard, overlook, pardon, forgive
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Denounce ( verb)
Definition
To condone or criticize openly, publicly
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Unseemly ( adjective )
Definition
Not in keeping with established standards of taste
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Ferocity ( noun)
Definition
Quality or state; savage fierceness
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