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Word Wealth II Unit 7
Jose Chayet is my one and only
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11th Grade
02/25/2013

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galvanize
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to stimulate/excite
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iterate
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to utter again/repeat
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reiterate
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to repeat/keep repeating something
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recapitulate
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to summarize the main points you have made
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tautology
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needless reiteration of an idea in other words/phrases
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redundant
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wordy, excessive phrase
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nurture
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to nourish/foster/rear
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cherish
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to cling to with affection
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espouse
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to adopt/support as one does a spouse
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ostracize
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to banish/exclude
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banishment/exile/deportation/expatriation
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separation from the country one is in
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prevaricate
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to evade the truth/lie/quibble
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mendacity
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simple, deliberate lying not always intended to mislead
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fabrication
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creative/imaginative lying
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duplicity
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double-dealing with its deceitful effects
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perjury
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deceit/lies in court under oath
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counterfeit
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deceptive imitation of what it represents
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simulation
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acting/pretending, sometimes to deceive, often to entertain
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dissimulation/dissembling
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deliberate, unqualified pretense, which appear more often under other names
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hypocrisy
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feigning of qualities opposite to the ones actually possessed
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forgery
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purports to be someone else's but is actually your own fabrication
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plagiarism
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the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own
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scrutinize
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to examine closely
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inscrutable
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impossible to understand or interpret; impenetrable; mysterious
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transfigure
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to transform/glorify (outward appearance)
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transmute
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a complete change in the nature/form of a quality or substance
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metamorphose
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a complete change of form in a living organism
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vacillate
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to waver/be changeable
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venerate
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to regard with deep respect, revere
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deference
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respectfulness, but not so reverent as veneration
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adoration
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deep affection with awe/reverence
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venerable
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degree of sanctity: implies advanced age as well as reverence
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vitiate
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to contaminate, debase, or render worthless/ legally: to make ineffective/invalid
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debauch
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to lead morally astray in the grosser ways of sensual indulgence
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deprave
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to corrupt, especially in the sense of debasing character
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pervert
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to turn away from right thinking/actions
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articulate
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spoken distinctly, able to express oneself
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juvenile
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youthful, for children, immature
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puerile
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childish in an uncomplimentary sense
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lucrative
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profitable/remunerative
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mercenary
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acting from desire for money
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cupidity
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greed/excessive desire for wealth
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avarice
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an active, grasping appetite for money/gain
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niggardliness
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stinginess that pays the smallest amount possible for articles purchased
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parsimoniousness
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excessive frugality/economy to the point of niggardliness
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penuriousness
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stinginess to the point where one appears poverty-stricken
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miserliness
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avarice to the point of penuriousness/beyond
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pallid
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pale/wan
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anemic
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paleness often a result of disease/implies weakness
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sallow
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yellowish/appearing unhealthy
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ghastly
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very pale, like a ghost
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cadaverous
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pale like a corpse
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hoary
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white/gray with age
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ashen
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paleness suggesting fright/terror
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livid
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gray/blue gray, typically from cold/anger
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pious
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outwardly religious, godly
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devout
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fervent/deeply religious
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orthodox
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holds closely to traditional/standard beliefs/practices
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provident
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exercising foresight, thrifty
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providence
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Deity
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providential
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fortunate/lucky
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tolerant
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forbearing, respectful
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turbulent
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disorderly, tumultuous
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turbid
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muddy/muddled
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turgid
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swollen, distended, bombastic to the point of seeming muddled
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perturb/disturb
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agitation/disorder
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turbine
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orderly but powerful disturbance
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vicious
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evil/destructive/savage
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cillainous
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acts of a villain
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diabolical
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devilish
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nefarious
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very evil
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