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12th Grade
09/03/2009
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fait accompli
 Definition
accomplished face
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supine
 Definition
lethargic
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unconscionable
 Definition
unscrupulous
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ameliorate
 Definition
to improve
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bibulous
 Definition
fond of excessive drinking
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supervene
 Definition
to occur as something additional
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adjunct
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accessory
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aegis
 Definition
protection
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liturgy
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ceremony
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repartee
 Definition
a swift witty reply
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lexicon
 Definition
dictionary/ special vocabulary
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hidebound
 Definition
narrow minded and rigid
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bellwether
 Definition
guiding force
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deracinate
 Definition
to dislocate
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noisome
 Definition
offensive
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indemnify
 Definition
to insure against loss
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noxious
 Definition
harmful to physical health
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effete
 Definition
unproductive/worn out
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altruistic
 Definition
unselfishly generous
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symptomatic
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characteristic
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verisimilitude
 Definition
plausibility
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obtrude
 Definition
to thrust forward
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ancillary
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supplementary
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decollete
 Definition
low necked
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polarize
 Definition
to divide
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ribald
 Definition
bawdy, indecent
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heretical
 Definition
non conforming, renegade
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module
 Definition
standardized unit
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raillery
 Definition
good humored ridicule
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disparate
 Definition
completely distinct
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purport
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to mean or imply
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cull
 Definition
to select, to gather
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apprise
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to inform
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probity
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total integrity
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eleemosynary
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charitable
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claque
 Definition
hired applauders
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enclave
 Definition
enclosed district
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belie
 Definition
to contradict
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mete
 Definition
to allot
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interstice
 Definition
interval
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fulsome
 Definition
offensively excessive
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microcosm
 Definition
miniature world/universe
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vignette
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brief literary sketch
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ascendancy
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controlling influence
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purview
 Definition
range, scope
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cozen
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to trick or swindle
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lambaste
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to scold sharply
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abstruse
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obscure, profound
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quasi
 Definition
to some degree
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consorious
 Definition
critical
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