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10th Grade
05/18/2009
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Muse
 Definition
To Ponder
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Profusion
 Definition
abundance
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retinue
 Definition
a following
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qualms
 Definition
misgivings
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quell
 Definition
put down
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rancor
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bitterness
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recumbent
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reclining
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sparing
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restrained in use of resources
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strident
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loud, harsh, and grating
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slake
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quench
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solicitous
 Definition
concerned
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taciturn
 Definition
one who doesnt speak much
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patent
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obvious
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disconsolate
 Definition
hopelessly sad
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truism
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cliche
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venial
 Definition
easily forgiven
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waive
 Definition
give up voluntarily
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allay
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relieve
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beholden
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obliged
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vaunted
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boasted about
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denigrate
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belittle
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fracas
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a brawl
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garrulous
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habitually talkative
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squalid
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dirty/wretched appearance
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grovel
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humble oneself
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abut
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to be next to
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assuage
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to relieve
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balk
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refuse abruptly
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behoove
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be necessary or proper
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commensurate
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proportionate
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cull
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to select
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deleterious
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harmful
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dicreet
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capable of preserving prudent silence
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discrete
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constituting a separate thing
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craven
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cowardly
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disparity
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difference
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engender
 Definition
bring into existance
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gratis
 Definition
without change
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iniquity
 Definition
wickedness
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malign
 Definition
to slander
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portend
 Definition
to foretell
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welter
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jumble
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precept
 Definition
rule or principle guiding conduct
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mettle
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courage
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proviso
 Definition
condition or restriction
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querulous
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peevish
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refractory
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unmanageable
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intractable
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refractory
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sully
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to stain
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surmise
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guess
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tactile
 Definition
related to touch
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unequivocal
 Definition
absolutely clear
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abstemious
 Definition
moderate in eating and drinking
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staid
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sober
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ingratiate
 Definition
gain by favor
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incarnation
 Definition
someone who personifies an idea
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stipulate
 Definition
specify as a condition
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inveigh
 Definition
criticize angrily
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juxtapose
 Definition
place side by side
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lachrymose
 Definition
causing tears
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litigious
 Definition
preferring a legal settlement of disputes
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mandate
 Definition
wishes of an electorate expressed by election results
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Resolute
 Definition
marked by firm determination
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manifold
 Definition
of many kinds
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millennium
 Definition
hoped for period of joy/peace/prosperity
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nonplus
 Definition
to purplex
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pejorative
 Definition
downgrading
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milieu
 Definition
environment or surroundings
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peripatetic
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given to walking about
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reverie
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a daydream
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sanctimonious
 Definition
pompously righteous
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sartorial
 Definition
pertaining to clothes
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depravity
 Definition
moral corruption
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soporific
 Definition
tending to induce sleep
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emissary
 Definition
person sent on a mission
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stratum
 Definition
level in a hierarchy
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tortuous
 Definition
indirect
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