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Vocabulary 3
Words 31-40
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English
11th Grade
10/27/2010

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Putative
Definition
commonly accepted; supposed; reputed
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Obfuscate
Definition
to darken, confuse
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Desultory
Definition
without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random
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Opaque
Definition
impossible to see through; impossible to understand
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Unctuous
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oily, both literally and figuratively
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Mendacious
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lying; untruthful
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Disparage
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to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in some indirect way
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Inexorable
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relentless; inevitable; unavoidable
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Esoteric
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hard to understand; only understood by a select few
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Tenuous
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flimsy; extremely thin
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