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stringent-meander
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English
11th Grade
10/14/2008

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stringent
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strict; restrictive
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voluminous
Definition
very large; spacious (this word has nothing to do with sound)
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auspicious
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favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
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fickle
Definition
capricious; whimsical; unpredictable
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lethargy
Definition
sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference
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hackneyed
Definition
banal; overused; trite (a cliche is a hackneyed expression)
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amass
Definition
to accumulate
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willful
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deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having one's way
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bastion
Definition
stronghold; fortress; fortified place
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trepidation
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fear; apprehension; nervous trembling
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desecrate
Definition
to profane a holy place (the opposite is consecrate)
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fortuitous
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accidental; occurring by chance
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vehement
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urgent; passionate
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assuage
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to soothe; to pacify; to ease the paion of; to relieve
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prodigious
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extraordinary; enormous
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torpor
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sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
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furtive
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secretive
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supercilious
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haughty; patronizing
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prudent
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careful; having forsight
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verbose
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wordy; overly talkative
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pedestrian
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common; ordinary; banal (secondary meaning)
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innocuous
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harmless; banal
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fanatic
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one who is extremely devoted to a cause or idea
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enhance
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to make better; to augment
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retract
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to take back; to withdraw; to pull back
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ambiguous
Definition
unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in at least two similarly plausible ways
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paucity
Definition
scarcity
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rescind
Definition
to repeal; to take back formally
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subtle
Definition
not obvious; able to make fine distinctions; ingenious; crafty
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zealous
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fervent; enthusiastically devoted to something
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benign
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gentle; not harmful; kind; mild
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compliant
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yielding; submissive
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emulate
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to strive to equal or excel; usually through imitation
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innumerable
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too many to number or count; many
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meander
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to wander slowly; like a winding river
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