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Week 32
Barron's Vocabulary
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English
11th Grade
10/26/2008

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profound
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deep, intense
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alleviate
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make easier, lighten
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prodigious
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extraordinary, enormous
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expedite
Definition
carry out promptly, swiftness of movement
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celerity
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speed, rapidity
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ivory tower
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isolated from life; not in touch with life's problems
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usurp
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seize, annex, grab
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paltry
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petty, worthless, an argument with your parents is an example of paltry: very pointless
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condone
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excuse, pardon
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trivial
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of little importance, insignificant, details that are insignificant
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bizarre
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fantastic, odd
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to feather one's nest
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to enrich oneself on the sly or at every opportunity
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menial
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lower in rank, degrading, inferior, boring, dull
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venerable
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respected, worshiped
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extraneous
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foreign, not belonging
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ambiguous
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vague, undefined, not specific
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succinct
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brief, concise
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the writing on the wall
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an incident or event that shows what will happen in the future
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archaic
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out of date, old fashioned
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emulate
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rival, strive to equal
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facetious
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comical, humorous, witty, inappropriate humor
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rabid
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fanatical, furious, mad, extremist
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salubrious
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healthful, wholesoem
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on the bandwagon
Definition
joining with the majority; going along with the trend
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