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Vocabulary 4
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General Vocab
11th Grade
03/20/2007

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Reticent
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Relucant or restrained; disposed to be silent or not to speak freely
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Tactiturn
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Reluctant to speak, join in conversation; silent in expression and manner
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Elusive
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Hard to express or define; eluding clear perception or complete mental grasp; evasive
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Wary
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Characterized by caution; being on one's guard against danger
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Candor
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The state of being open and sincere in speech or expression
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Chronicle
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A record of events; a history
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Amenable
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Ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence
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Heed
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To give attention, observation
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Naivete
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The quality or state of being naive; natural simplicit; A naïve remark
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Aversion
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A strong feeling of dislike, opposition, or antipathy
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Curtail
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To reduce, cut short of
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Eclipse
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Obscuration of light; a reduction of status, reputation
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Transparent
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To permit light to pass through
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Consolidation
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Strengthening; to unify; the combination of two or more corporations
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Expediency
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A regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than what is right and just
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