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Undergraduate 1
10/31/2008

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vernacular
Definition
the language of the native people
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meritorious
Definition
deserving of honor or esteem
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respite
Definition
a period of temporary delay; an interval of rest or relief
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subsidary
Definition
furnishing aid or support; of secondary importance
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vindictive
Definition
disposed to seek revenge; intended to cause anguish or hurt
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allude
Definition
to make indirect reference to
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debase
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to lower in status, esteem, quality or character
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expatriate
Definition
to leave ones native country to live elswhere
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grueling
Definition
trying or difficult to the point of exhaustion
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infinitesimal
Definition
taking on vaulues close to zero immeasurably small
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notoriety
Definition
having an exceedingly bad reputation
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expatriate
Definition
to leave ones native countryto live elsewhere
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pungent
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sharply painful; having a sharp, acid, irritating smell.
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prolific
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producing young or fruit especially freely; marked by abundant productivity
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telepathy
Definition
communication from one mind to another by extra-sensory means
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acclimate
Definition
becomea ccustomed to a certain climate, environmental or condition.
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bourgeois
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middle class marked by a concern for material intersts tending toward mediocrity
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deivative
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a substance made from or taken out of another substance
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extol
Definition
to praisehighly to glorify
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heterogeneous
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consisting of dissimilar ingredients or constitutents mixed
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moot
Definition
open to question or debate
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prerogative
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a special right, power, or privilege
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repugnant
Definition
causing or aversion; disgusting
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sacrilege
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profane behaviors; gross disrespect toward a hallow person place or thing
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abject
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miserable; wretched lacking self respect
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ethereal
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relating to space or the heaveness; spiritual
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modualte
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fix or adjust the time, ammount, degree or note of; vary the pitch in ones speech
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obseqious
Definition
attempting to win favor from influentioal people by flattery
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