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Undergraduate 1
09/29/2009

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permeate
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to spread or seep through, to penetrate.
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reprehensible
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worthy of blame or censure
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scrutinize
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to examine closely
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tenative
Definition
uncertain, temporary
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virulent
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extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate or poison
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ephimeral
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short lived; fleeting; not lasting
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flagrant
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shocking; outstandingly bad
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inadvertent
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lax; without intention
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luminous
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giving off light; glowing; bright
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munificent
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very generous; lavish
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virtouso
Definition
masterful musician
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness; eagerness
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benificent
Definition
doing good
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conciliatory
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making peace; attempting to resolve
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desecrate
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to profane a holy place or thing
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fecund
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furtile; able to reproduce
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genial
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cheerful; having a good nature
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impugn
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to attack, especially to attack the truth; to cast doubt on
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ligneous
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woodlike
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merger
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joining together;blending; marriage
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motility
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operates through movement rather than thought
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peripheral
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outer; at the edge; not the main focus
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relevant
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important; pertinent
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scrupulous
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having moral integrity
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tenacious
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tough; hard to defeat
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acrue
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increase by growth or addition
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bias
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prejudice; tendency
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compliant
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yeilding or submissive
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depravity
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moral corruption
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enhance
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to make better;augment
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enigma
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mystery; not easily understood
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fickle
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changeable; likely to change
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impudent
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excesive boldness; rude
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lucid
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clear easy to understand
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mellifluous
Definition
pleasant and soothing to listen to; sweet or rich in tone
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aesthetic
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having beauty; artistic
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blasphemy
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irreverence; insulting to something sacred; profanity
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comprehensive
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covering or including everything
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deride
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to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
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enthral
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to thrill
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penchant
Definition
strong taste or liking for
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relegate
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to banish; to send away; to assign a duty to someone of lower status
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scanty
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inadequate; minimal
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temperate
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moderate; restrained
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vindicate
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to clear from all blame or suspicion
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Repress
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To hold down.

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Servile
Definition
Submissive and subservient; like a servant.
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Torpor
Definition
Sluggishness; inactivity; apathy;indifferance.
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Viscus
Definition
Thick and sticky.
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Allocate
Definition
To distribute; to allot; to assign.
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Flaunt
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To show something off; to display ostenatiously.
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Genre`
Definition
An artistic class or category.
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Inchoate
Definition
Just beginning; not organized orderly.
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Mitigate
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To lesson the severity of something.
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Pervade
Definition
To spread throughout.
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Alleviate
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To lessen; to relieve; to mitigate.
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Blithe
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Carefree; cheerful.
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Concise
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Breif and to the point.
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Desiccate
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To dry out.
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Equivocal
Definition
Amibiguous; intentionally confusing.
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Brawn
Definition
Bulk; muscles
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Condescend
Definition
To stoop to someones else's level ususlly in an offensive way; to lower oneself
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Deter
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To prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something
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Erratic
Definition
Unpredictable; wandering
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Flippant
Definition
Frivolously shallow and disrespectful
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Gerrymander
Definition
To divide a state, county or area into election districts to gain polictical advantage
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Incisive
Definition
Cutting right to the heart of the matter
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Petulant
Definition
rude; cranky; ill tempered
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Reproach
Definition
To scold
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Sinuous
Definition
Having many curves
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Tractable
Definition
Easily managed or controlled; docile
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Volatile
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Quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive
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Allusion
Definition
An indirect reference to something else; espesially something in literature; a hint
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Brevity
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Breigness
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Condone
Definition
To overlook; to permit to happen
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