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Trawick
50
English
10th Grade
10/01/2013

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Vitriolic (adj)
Definition
Harsh and angry words
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Altruism (n)
Definition
Feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people and a lack of selfishnes
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Implausible (adj)
Definition
Not believable or realistic
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Lambasted (v)
Definition
To critisize very harshly
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Bandied (v)
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To pass from one to another; exchange
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Conduit (n)
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A natural passage; pipeline
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Detractor (v)
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A person who disperages someone or something
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Endeavor (n)
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To attempt; to try
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Alleviate (v)
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To make a (problem) less severe
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Stifling (adj)
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Suffocating; oppressively close
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Lukewarm (adj)
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Neither hot nor cold; unenthusiastic
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Profane (adj)
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To treat with great disrespect
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Utopia (n)
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A perfect world
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Dystopia (n)
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Utopia gone bad
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Martyr (n)
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Willing to sacrifice self for a cause
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Exile (v)
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To be kicked out; banished
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Epiphany (n)
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sudden light changing realization
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Schism (n)
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A split or division caused by differences in opinion or belief
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Pariah (n)
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An outcast
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Bludgeon (v)
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To beat repetitively with a heavy object
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Resurgence (n)
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Revival after a period of little activity
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Rhetoric (n)
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The art of persuasive speaking\writing
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Beleaguered (v)
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Lay siege to
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Disdain (n)
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The feeling that someone\something is unworthy
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Rebuke (v)
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To express disapproval
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Emulate (v)
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To match or surpass an achievement
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Sectarian (n)
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A member of a sect
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Explicit (adj)
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Stated clearly and in detail
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Transcend (v)
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To go beyond limits
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Condone (v)
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accept and allow
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Denounce (v)
Definition
Publicly declare to be wrong
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Quintessential (adj)
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Perfect embodiment; essence
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Mollify (v)
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To soften, apease, make less angry
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Decorum (n)
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Dignified propriety of behavior
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Artifice (n)
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Clever trick, strategum
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Tantalize (v)
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To tease, arouse expectations
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Ostensible (adj)
Definition
Apparent, seeming, eviedent, obvious
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Inviolable (adj)
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Secure from violation, incorruptable
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Abdicate (v)
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To renounce ones throne. take away
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Divest (v)
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To deprice of property, rights,possesions
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Breadth (n)
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Broad range
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Encroachment (n)
Definition
An advancing beyond boundries
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Viability (n)
Definition
Ability to live, sustain life
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Vindicate (v)
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To justify by argument and evidence
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Consensus (n)
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Majority of opinion, general agreement
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Filial (adj)
Definition
Of or due from a son or daughter
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Charisma (n)
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Compelling charm
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Tacit (adj)
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Understood without being stated
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Dismissive (adj)
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Dismissed, rejected, looked down
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Declension (n)
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Falling off, decline
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