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Vocab # 8
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English
12th Grade
11/29/2007
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magnate

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a rich powerful or very succesful busines person
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misanthropic
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hating mankind
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opulent
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luxurious
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pedantic
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boringly scholarly or academic
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philanthropy
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love of mankind
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prodigy
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an extremely talented child
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abridge
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to shorten; to condense
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adulterate
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to contaminate; to make impure
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allusion
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an indirect reference, often to a literary work; to hint
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anarchy
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absence of government or control
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archaic
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extremely old; ancient; outdated
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burgeon
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to expand; to flourish
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coalesce
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to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
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covenant
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a solemn agreement; a contradict; a pledge
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pragmatic
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practical, down to earth
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