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9th Grade
12/16/2012
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Acrimonious
 Definition
Biting, Rancorous
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Circimspect
 Definition
Careful To Consider Consequences, Cautious
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Conflagration
 Definition
A Large Fire
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Dearth
 Definition
A Lack, Scarcity
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Empirical
 Definition
Based On Observation, Not On Theory
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Enmity
 Definition
Absolute Hatred, Rancor
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Haughty
 Definition
Arrogant, Overly Proud and Vain, Disdainful
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Inscrutable
 Definition
Difficult To Understand
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Perfunctory
 Definition
ACting Rountrly with little interest or care
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Proliferation
 Definition
An Increase In Number, Multiplication
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Redolent
 Definition
Exuding Fragrance, Aromoatic, Smell
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Sycophant
 Definition
Self Serving Flatter, Brown Noser, Leech
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Veracity
 Definition
Devotion To Truth
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Acendany
 Definition
Domanation, Growing Power
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Blasphemous
 Definition
Irreverent, Profane
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Ephemeral
 Definition
Lasting a short period of time
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Fallow
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Inactive, Plowed But Not sowed
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Incongruity
 Definition
Disagreement
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Incontrivertible
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Indisputable
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Levity
 Definition
overly frivolity, Flippancy
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Perjury
 Definition
False testimony Under Oath
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Pretentious
 Definition
Making an Extravagent Outward Show, Self-Important
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Provinical
 Definition
Lacking Sophistacation
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Spontaneous
 Definition
No External Cause, Acting On Impulse
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Zeal
 Definition
Enthusiasm, Fervor
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Aesthetic
 Definition
Relating or Pertaing To a Sense of Beauty or Art
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Credulous
 Definition
Believing On Slight Evidene, Guilible
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Euphemism
 Definition
Subtituitional of an offensive term
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Exacerbate
 Definition
To aggravate, To Irritate
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Incorrigible
 Definition
Incapable of being reformed or improved
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inextricable
 Definition
Not able to distangled
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Meloncholy
 Definition
Depression of Spirits
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Petulance
 Definition
Unreasonable Touchiness, Irrability
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Precocious
 Definition
Exceptionaly Early In Development
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Repudiate
 Definition
To Reject or To Disowned
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Trivia
 Definition
Insignificant Matters
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Virulent
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Extremely Poisonous
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Volatile
 Definition
Quickly Changeable
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