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Vocab #5
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11th Grade
05/26/2010
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abase
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to humble, disgrace
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assiduous
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diligent, persistent, hard-working
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callow
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immature, lacking sophistication
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censorious
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extremely critical
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commodious
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roomy, spacious
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congenial
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similar in tastes and habits
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denigrate
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to slur or blacken someone's reputation
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diffidence
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shyness, lack of confidence
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effulgent
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brilliantly shining
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emend
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to correct a text
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exigent
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urgent; excessively demanding
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founder (v)
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to fall helplessly, sink
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impugn
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to call into question
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indelible
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permanent, not erasable
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largess
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generosity, gift
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lurid
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harshly shocking, sensational, glowing
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propensity
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inclination, tendency
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repentant
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apologetic, guilty, remorseful
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torsion
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act of twisting and turning
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