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English 111
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Undergraduate 1
01/29/2013

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annihilation
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Latin "To reduce to nothing" DF: Extinction or destruction.
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behemoth
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Latin "Huge biblical beast" DF: huge animal; huge beast referred to in the Bible, usual thought to be a hippopotamus.
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biotechnology
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PIE "Shape, Make" "Study" Greek "Teach" DF: Use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful product
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complacency
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Latin "To please" DF: To feel pleasure or security with unaware danger.
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congenial
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Latin "Together" DF: Agreeable, suitable, pleasing in nature.
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couture
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Latin "To sew" DF: The business of designing, making, and selling highly fashionable, usually custom-made clothing for women.
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degradation
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Old French "Down" DF:A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level.
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derelict
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Latin "To leave" DF: left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian.
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disdain
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Old French "Treat as worthy" DF: Consider to be unworthy of one's consideration.
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eviscerate
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Latin "To bring out the deepest secrets of." DF: To remove the entrails from; disembowel.
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exacerbated
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Latin "Sharp, keen" DF: Make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
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flay
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Old English "To Skin" DF: To peel.
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imminent
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French "Jut out" DF: likely to occur at any moment.
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impunity
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Latin "Unpunished" DF: exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
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innocuous
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Latin "Harmless" DF: Not harmful or injurious; harmless; not likely to irritate or offend.
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luminous
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Latin "Full of Light" DF: Bright or Shining
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moiety
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Medius "Middle" DF: Each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided.
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Pachinko
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Japanese DF: Pin ball game
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pestle
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Old French "To Crush" Russian "Wheat" DF:A heavy tool with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding substances such as spices ordrugs, usually in a mortar.
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precipice
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English "Fall to great depth" DF: A very steep rock face or cliff, typically a tall one.
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proclivity
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Latin "To lean" DF: A tendency to choose or do something regularly.
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profligate
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Latin "Recklessly Extravagant" DF: Wasteful of resources, and shamelessly immoral. No thought for others.
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pulverized
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Latin "Dust" DF: Destroying completely.
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robust
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Latin "Strong and hearty" DF: Healthy and strong; vigorous.
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squabble
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German "To babble" DF: 'verb' to engage in a petty quarrel.
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