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10th Grade
05/03/2011

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Antediluvian
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pertaining to the time before the Flood
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Apocryphal
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of questionable authenticity, authority, or authorship
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Centrifugal
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moving outward from the center
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Corpulent
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Portly; stout; large or bulky in body
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Execrable
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detestable; hateful; abhorrent
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pedantic
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characterized by a narrow, ostentatious concern for book learning particularly with minuite details
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posthumous
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occurring after one's death
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Salutary
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favorable to or promoting good health; curative
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Sinuous
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Characterized by many turns or curves
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Torrid
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ardent; passionate
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Ubiquitous
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omnipresent; seeminhg to be everywhere at the same time
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Unassuming
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modest; unpretentious; not arrogant
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Unctuous
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MArked by exaggerated, insincere earnestness; excessively smooth or smug
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Vapid
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lacking life, sharpness, flavor, flat, without liveliness or spirit
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Vehement
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strongly emotional; intense; zealous; full of conviction
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