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English
12th Grade
09/08/2008

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abhor
Definition
to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; to detest; to loathe
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acrimony
Definition
sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.
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alacrity
Definition
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness
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assiduous
Definition
working dilligently at a task, persevering, industrious
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commiserate
Definition
to feel sorrow, express sympathy, pity
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conciliate
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to win over, placate, overcome hostility
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consternation
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sudden amazement, dread, that results in utter confusion
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dissipation
Definition
unrestrained rway of living, excessive drinking
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duplicity
Definition
deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing
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eccentric
Definition
unconventional; peculiar; odd
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exulation
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the act of showing or feeling a lively triumphant joy
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forbearance
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the act of refraining or abstaining from; patient, enduring self-control
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formidable
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strong, forceful, powerful, intimidating
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impertinent
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rude, impudent
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importune
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to urge excssevily, persistant
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irksome
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annoying
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irrevocable
Definition
not to be stopped, revoked, recalled, unalterable
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langour
Definition
lack of energy or vitality
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laud
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to praise, extol
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licentious
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sexually unrestrained
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mirth
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laughter
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officious
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objectionably agressive in offfering unreqeusted and unwanted help or advice, meddlesome
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palatable
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agreeable
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pecuniary
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money
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pedantic
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ostentatious in one's learning. "snobbish"
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penitent
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feeling sorrow for one's sins or shortcomings. Repentant
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petulant
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showing sudden irritation, especially over some trifiling annoyance, agressive
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precipitate
Definition
overhasty, rash
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prodigious
Definition
extraordinary in size, amount, or extent
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profligate
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utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissapated, extravagant
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propensity
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a natural inclination or tendency
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rectitude
Definition
rightness of principle or conduct, moral virtue, RIGHTOUSNESS
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redress
Definition
setting right of whats wrong
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remonstrance
Definition
the act of instance of pleading in protest, objecting, or complaining
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reserve
Definition
self-restrain, avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others
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sanguine
Definition
cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
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sensibility
Definition
capacity for feeling
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solicitude
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the state of showing deep concern
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stratagem
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a scheme, trick, or ruse intended or acheive a goal or gain an advantage
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supplication
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the idea of asking for something humbly and earnestly
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surmise
Definition
to guess, to conjecture
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susceptible
Definition
capable of being affected or influenced
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tete-a-tete
Definition
a private converstaion between two people
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transient
Definition
not lasting, enduring, or permanent
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trepidation
Definition
intense, fear, alarm, or agitation
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voluble
Definition
talkative, fluent, glib
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whimsical
Definition
given to fanciful notions, playful, capricious
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