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Vocabulary Unit 3
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English
9th Grade
04/25/2012

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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend
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affable
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being pleasant and at ease when talking to others; characterized by friendliness; social
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audacity
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the quality or state of being bold or arrogant disreguard of harmful restraints
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avidity
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the quality or state of having keen eagerness or consuming greed
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covet
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to wish earnestly, desire
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credulous
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ready to believe, especially on slight uncertain evidence; gullible
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of; make little of; belittle
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enigmatic
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mysterious; puzzling
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erudite
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having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying; scholarly
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immutable
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not capable of change
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incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected
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loathe
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to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance
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mitigate
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to cause to become less harsh or hostile; mollify; to make less severe or painful; alleviate
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pretentious
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usually making unjustified or excessive claims; conceited
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punctilious
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marked or concerned about precise accordance with details of codes or conventions
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recant
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to withdraw or repudiate formally and publically
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servile
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of or befitting a slave or menial position; meanly or cravenly submissive; slavish
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nullify
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to make of no value or consequence
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plaudits
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an act or round of applause; enthusiastic approval
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trepidation
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nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation
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