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Vocab 9
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English
11th Grade
01/15/2007

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Condone
Definition
To forgive or overlook an offense by treating the offender as though they had done nothing wrong
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Deference
Definition
A submitting to anothers opinion or wishes, usually because of the latter's age or unquestioned wisdom and experience
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Provincial
Definition
characterized of, or belonging to a providence
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Emaciated
Definition
wasted or reduced to weight by starvation or disease
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Estrange
Definition
To cause to separate, divide, or turn away
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Fallible
Definition
Liable to make mistakes or be deceived; liable to be inaccurate
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Furtive
Definition
Done in a secret or underhanded manner
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Synonym: Extenuate
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Condone
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Antonyms: Arraign, indict,
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condone
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Synonyms: repentant, remorseful, compunctious
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contrite
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Antonyms: impenitent, unremorseful, obdurate
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contrite
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Synonyms: compliance, reverence, veneration
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deference
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Antonyms: irreverence, defiance, recalcitrance
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deference
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Synonyms: countrified, rustic, parochial, illiberal, unsophisticated, insular
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provincial
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Antonyms: Cosmopolitan, sophisticated, broadminded
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provincial
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Synonym: alienate
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estrange
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Antonym: reconcile, unite
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estrange
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Synonyms: surreptitious, clandestine, covert
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furtive
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Antonyms: aboveboard, overt,
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furtive
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Synonyms: errable, debatable
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fallible
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Antonyms: reliable, unfailing
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fallible
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