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Vocabulary 2/27/11
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12th Grade
02/27/2011

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I love you Shivali, I know you'll do great on your tests....MUAHH dont worry :) talk to you soon

Love You

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homily
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a sermon, especially one pertaining more to a practical matter than a theological one

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impartial
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 fair, not favoring one side or the other; unbiased
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indigent
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poor
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insular
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  like an island; isolated
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lament
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 to mourn 
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 marshal
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to arrange in order; to gather together for the purpose of doing something

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mundane
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ordinary; pretty boring; not heavenly and eternal  
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peremptory
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final; categorical; dictatorial 
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plaintive
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expressing sadness or sorrow
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precipitous
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 steep
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 proficient
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  thoroughly competent; skillful; very good at something
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accolade
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  an award; an honor 
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 affectation
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unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress
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ambiguous
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 unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways 

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 pacify
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to calm someone down; to placate
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