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Vocabulary Unit 1
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English
10th Grade
09/24/2008

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ABATE
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(v)to lessin in intensity, violence, amount
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AGRARIAN
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(adj) relating to fields, their cultivation or interests of farmers
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ASCETIC
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(n) one who devotes himself to a solitary rigorously disciplined life; one who practices extremel self-denial
(adj) rigidly self-denying especially for religious or philosophical reasons
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BICKER
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(v) to engage in petty, irritating argument or quarreling
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CHICANERY
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(n) deceptiong by fraud, sophistry, trickery, or evasion
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CONNOISSEUR
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(n) a person qualified to act as judge of art or literature or maters of taste
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CULT
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(n) a system of religious belif and observances; a body of disciplines drawn to such a system
a faddish homage or devotion paid to a person, theory, or idea
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DELETERIOUS
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(adj) morally or physically harmful
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DISGTRAUGHT
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(adj) anguished, greatly disturbed in mind, deeply agitated
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ENIGMA
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(n) a riddle or puzzle; figuratively, a situation difficult to understand; also, a mysterious, baffling person
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EXPUNGE
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(v) to blot out; erase
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FILIAL
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(adj) in the nature of, befitting, or pertaining to a son or daughter
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IMMACULATE
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(adj) spotlessly clean, unblemished; error-free
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INERT
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(adj) inactive, indisposed to activity; inherently lacking in power to move or act or to resist
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JUDICIOUS
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(adj) exhibiting or using sound judgement
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HARANGUE
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(n) a long, noisy, vehement public speech
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MOOT
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(adj) subject to debate, discussion, or controversy; doubtful
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OBSEQUIOUS
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(adj) excessively or slavishly submissive; overly willing to obey
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PERSPICACIOUS
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(adj) having a keen and penetrating mind; sharp-sighted
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PUERILE
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(adj) characteristic of a child; childishly foolish; trivial
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