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English
10th Grade
11/12/2006

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spendthrift
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(n) A person who spends money carelessly or wastefully
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squandering
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(v) spending or using wastefully
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prodigal
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(adj) exceedingly or recklessly wasteful
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indiscreet
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(adj) unwise
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frivolous
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(adj) silly or light-minded
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contraband
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(n) goods forbidden by law to be imported
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subordinate
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(adj) secondary
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tactless
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(adj) lacking skill in dealing with people
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excruciating
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(adj) agonizing
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retribution
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(n) deserved punishment for evil done
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disreputable
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(adj) having or causing a bad reputation
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evasion
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(n) an avoiding of duty, question,etc., by deceit or cleverness
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proprieties
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(n) the quality of being fitting, proper, or suitable
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grafter
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(n) someone who takes advantage of his/her position to gain money or property
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obsequious
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(adj) full or exhibiting compliance/compliant behavior/servile, fawning, obedient or polite in hopes of gain or from feat
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sacrosanct
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(adj) regarded as sacred or inviolable
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milieu
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(n) an environment or setting, often defined by culture
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ubiquitous
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(adj) being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent
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pejorative
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(adj) tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling
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naivete
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(n) the state of being artless, credulous, uncritical
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