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WORDS: Word Within the Word, List 34
Words made with stems from list 34 (an expanded list from the book's)
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English
12th Grade
01/06/2014
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obsequious
 Definition
ADJ: servilely following; fawning
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obfuscate
 Definition
V: to make unclear; to confuse
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objurgate
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V: to rebuke severely; to scold
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anima
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N: soul; the inner personality
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sedentary
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ADJ: sitting
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sedate
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ADJ: calm
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interstice
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N: a small space
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pathetic fallacy
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N: the ascribing of feelings to things
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epigram
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N: witty comment
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condescend
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V: to show feelings of superiority or to lower oneself
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supersede
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V: to replace; to supplant
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torturous
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ADJ: twisting or difficult
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retort
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N: a swift reply (it can also be a verb that means “to make a sharp or witty reply”)
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incognito
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ADJ: in disguise; undercover
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inanimate
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ADJ: lifeless; not alive
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terra incognito
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N: unknown land
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immutable
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ADJ: unchanging
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nihilism
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N: the belief in nothing
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abase
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V: to lower
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