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English
10th Grade
10/04/2009

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Term
Laud
Definition

praise

adulate, extol, exalt salute

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Vitriolic
Definition

savagely hostile

rancorous, acerbic, acrimonious, caustic

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Captious
Definition

fault-finding

carping, quibbling, caviling

Term
Nadir
Definition

bottom, lowest point

bedrock, base

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Moribund
Definition

dying

terminal, expiring, nonviable

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Chimerical
Definition

imaginary

fanciful, illusory, delusory

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Indelible
Definition

permanent

immutable, irrevocable, irreparable

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Germane
Definition

appropriate

relevant, pertinent, apposite, apropos

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Digress
Definition

stray away from the subject

deviate, detour, meander

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Worst
Definition

to defeat

to best, best, trounce, lick

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Assuage
Definition

to soothe

mitigate, palliate, allay, mollify

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Champion
Definition

n.

defender

advocate, paladin,

v.

support

abet

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Plausible
Definition

believable

tenable, credible, cogitable

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Amenable
Definition

agreeable

amiable, affable, amicable

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Anachronistic
Definition

historically misdated

chronologically misdated

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Deleterious
Definition

harmful

detrimental, baneful, scatheful

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Paragon
Definition

the ideal

exemplar, acme, paradigm, prototype

Term
Succumb
Definition

to submit

yield, acquiesce, relent, capitulate

Term
Mitigate
Definition

relieve

alleviate, abate, attenuate

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Abet
Definition

to support

faciliate, collude, connive, countenance

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