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11th Grade
11/16/2014
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acrimonious
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caustic; bitter (language)
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ameliorate
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to make better; to improve
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amenable
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willing; tractable; malleable
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amorphous
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shapeless
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buoyant
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able to float
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cajole
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to coax by flattery
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calamity
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serious event causing distress
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debase
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to reduce in dignity or quality
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efface
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to erase; to wipe out
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elucidate
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to make clear; to explain
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ephemeral
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short-lived; temporary
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand
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ferocity
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savage behavior
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flourish
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to prosper; to thrive
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haughty
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disdainful; proud;vain
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impervious
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not affected; impenetrable
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inane
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silly; meaningless; insipid
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indolence
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laziness
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infallible
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incapable of error
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lanquid
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tired; sluggish
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malice
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desire to harm others
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oblique
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slanting; indirect; evasive
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opulence
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wealth; affluence; abundance
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penitent
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repentent
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perfunctory
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mechanical; indifferent
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