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10th Grade
10/12/2010

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Abominate
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Verb; to have an intesne dislike or hate for
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Acculturation
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Noun; the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend
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Adventitious
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Adjective; resulting from chance rather than from an ingerent cause of character
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Ascribe
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Verb; to assign or refer to
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Circuitous
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Adjective; roundabout
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Commiserate
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Verb; to sypathize with, have pity of sarrow for
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enjoined
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Verb; to prohibit
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Expedite
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Verb; to make easy
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Ferment
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Noun and Verb; A state of great excitement, to produce alcohol
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Inadvertent
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adjective; resulting from marked by lack of attention
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nominal
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adjective; existing in name only, not real
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noncommittal
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adjective; not decisive or definite
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peculate
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Verb; to steal something that has been given into one's trust
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proclivity
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Noun; natural or habitual
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sandfroid
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Noun; composure or coolness
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Seditious
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Adjective; resistant to lawful authority
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tenuous
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Adjective; thin, slender, not dense
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Vitriolic
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Adjective; bitter, sarcastic
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Wheedle
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Verb; to use coaxing or flattery
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expiate
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Verb; to make amends
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