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10th Grade
05/05/2011

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Demise
Definition
termination of existence or operation
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Insatiable
Definition
incapable of being satisfied or appeased
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Aphorisms
Definition
a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”
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Humility
Definition
the quality or condition of being humble
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Atrophied
Definition
wasted; withered; shriveled
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Cynical
Definition
bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic
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Insidious
Definition
operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect
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Nostalgia
Definition
a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time
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Imminent
Definition
likely to occur at any moment; impending
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Ambivalence
Definition
uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
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Agnostic
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a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study
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Transcend
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to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed:
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