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English
12th Grade
09/17/2008
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Abet
 Definition
To encourage
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Banal
 Definition
Boring
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Calumny
 Definition
Slander;Insult; Derogatory comment
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Sequipedalion
 Definition
someone who uses big words to show off
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Efficacious
 Definition
Bringing about the result that you want;
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sycophant
 Definition
Self-seeking flatterer
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Brusque
 Definition
Short, Abrupt
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didactic
 Definition
educational
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epistemology
 Definition
knowing what you know and how you know it
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Arcane
 Definition
secret; known by few
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inchoate
 Definition
started but not completed
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Pejorative
 Definition
Insulting; Belittling
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Discursive
 Definition
Distractingly unorganized
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Spurious
 Definition
false; fake
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raze
 Definition
Destroy
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Peregrination
 Definition
Traveling or wandering from place to place
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Marginalize
 Definition
Push something away to take its importance
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Pugnacious
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Beligerant
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expiate
 Definition
To make amends for
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Inimical
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opposed to
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Quixotic
 Definition
Foolishly impratical
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Solipstic
 Definition
Self centered
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Vicissitude
 Definition
Change
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Duplicity
 Definition
Two faced
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Vitrolic
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Harsh; Caustic; Degrading
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Crestfallen
 Definition
dissapointed
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Quotidian
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Repetative
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Knell
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To signal the end of something
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Feral
 Definition
Wild; Crazy
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Cupidity
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Lustful feeling
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Solicitous
 Definition
Overly Concerned
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Probity
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Integrity
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Obdurate
 Definition
Stuburnly wrong
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Draconian
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Brutal; Harsh; Severe
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Peripatetic
 Definition
Traveling by walking
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Ambivolence
 Definition
Mixed emotions
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