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11th Grade
11/16/2012
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hackneyed
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trite
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imbue
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fill
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repartee
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witty and light sparring with words
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venal
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open to bribery
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haphazard
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random
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incorrigible
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uncorrectable
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acquiescent
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compliant
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adept
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highly proficient
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irreverent
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lacking proper respect
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jaundiced
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envious
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levity
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excessive frivolity; lightness
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libertine
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unrestrained person
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malefactor
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criminal
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improvise
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fabricate out of hand
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misogynist
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hater of women
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obtuse
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dull witted; insensitive
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opiate
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something that reduces anxiety or unrest
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perennial
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regularly repeated
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conciliatory
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appease; soothe
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opportune
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occurring at an appropriate time
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contentious
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given to quarreling
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precipitate
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rash
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menial
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n. servant
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puerile
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childish; silly
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prosody
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the study and description of the underlying principles of poetry
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