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Vocabulary 3
English 11
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English
11th Grade
02/21/2012

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Jurisdiction
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Authority to interpret and apply the law
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Relegate
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To confine or send to an inferior or lower position
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Secrete
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To separate out a substance from cells
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Certify
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To confirm; to testify or vouch for; to guarantee
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Legacy
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Anything handed down from the past
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Discriminate
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To distinguish or note as different
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Recrimination
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A bitter counter-accusation against an accuser
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Illegitimate
Definition
Incorrect by law
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Allegation
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An affirmation with little or no proof
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Unjustly
Definition
Lacking fairness
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Abjure
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To retract a statement especially with formal seriousness
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Perjury
Definition
Giving of false testimony under oath, especially in a legal inquiry
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