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English
11th Grade
12/07/2008

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Term
Root - ab/abs
Definition
Off, away from, apart, down - abolish, abstract, abominate, abnormal
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Root - flu/flux
Definition
To flow - fluid, influence, fluent, affluent
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Root - ver
Definition
Truth - verdict, verdad (spanish), verify
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Brook
Definition
To bear or tolerate; to put up with something
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Desiccate
Definition
To dry out
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Erudite
Definition
Scholarly; deeply learned
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Flag
Definition
To weaken; to slow down
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Impudent
Definition
Bold; impertinent
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Baleful
Definition
Menacing; harmful
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Divergent
Definition
Differing in opinion; deviating
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Effluvium
Definition
A disagreeable or noxious vapor; an escaping gas
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Evanescent
Definition
Vanishing or fading; scarcely perceptible
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Exigent
Definition
Demanding prompt action; urgent
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Exonerate
Definition
To free completely from blame
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Flaunt
Definition
To show off; to display ostentatiously
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Improvident
Definition
Lacking prudent foresight; careless
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Ineluctable
Definition
Inescapable; unavoidable
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Mellifluous
Definition
Sweetly flowing
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Oscillate
Definition
To swing back and forth; to fluctuate
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Ossify
Definition
To convert into bone; to become rigid
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Probity
Definition
Integrity; uprightness; honesty
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Proselytize
Definition
To convert someone from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine
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Pundit
Definition
A learned person; an expert in a particular field
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Recondite
Definition
Hard to understand; over one's head
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Spendthrift
Definition
Extravagant or wasteful, especially with money
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Vacuous
Definition
Lacking ideas or intelligence
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Coda
Definition
A passage concluding a composition (in music)
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Penchant
Definition
Strong taste or liking
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Abstruse
Definition
Hard to understand or grasp
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Cognizant
Definition
Perceptive; observant
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Gainsay
Definition
To deny; to speak or act against
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Garner
Definition
To gather and store
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Obdurate
Definition
Stubborn; inflexible
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Propinquity
Definition
Nearness
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Ribald
Definition
Vulgar or indecent speech or language, as in a ribald joke
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Sinuous
Definition
Having many curves
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Veracity
Definition
Truthfulness
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