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Vocab Week 3
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11th Grade
09/20/2011
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Pedestrian
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ordinary or dull
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bona fide
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in good faith
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adventitious
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accidental; non-essential
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Fecund
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fertile; productive
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Deviate
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to turn aside from a course; to stray
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Obfuscate
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To confuse; to bewilder
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Impale
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to pierce with a sharp stake through the body
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Extenuate
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To lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses
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Parochial
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Local; narrow; limited
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Glower
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to stare angrily
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Edify
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to improve someone morally
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Ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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cataclysm
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a violent change
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optimum
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best; most favorable; ideal
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importune
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to ask persistently; to beg
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