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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience (Grade 11)
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English
11th Grade
10/26/2009
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arduous

 

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difficult
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avarice
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greed
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vigilance
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watchfulness
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disposition
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management
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foppery
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foolishness
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felicity
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happiness; bliss
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squander
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spend/use wastefully
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fasting
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eating very little or nothing
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aphorisms
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short sayings with a message
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unalienable
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not to be taken away
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usurpations
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unlawful seizures of rights or privileges
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perfidy
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betrayal of trust
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redress
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compensation for a wrong done
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magnanimity
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ability to rise above pettiness or meaness
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acquiensce
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agree without protest
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