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ACT Vocabulary 11/4/13
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11th Grade
11/04/2013

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Abstrude (Adjective)
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Hard to understand
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Auspicious (Adj)
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Favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
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Castigate (V)
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To criticize severely; to chastise
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Conscecrate (Verb)
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To make or declare sacred
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Deference (Noun)
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Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
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Egocentric (Adj)
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Selfish; believing that one is the center of everything
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Fidelity (Noun)
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Faithfulness; loyalty
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Hierarchy (Noun)
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An organization based on rank or degree; pecking order
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Indignant (Adj)
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Angry, especially toward something unjust or unworthy; insulted
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Orthrodox (Adj)
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Conventional; adhering to established principles or other doctrines, especially in religion, by the book.
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Paradigm (Noun)
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Model or example
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Patent
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Obvious
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Salient (Adj)
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Sticking out; conspicuous, leaping
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Tenable (Adj)
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Defensible as in one's position in an arguement, capable of being argued successfully, valid
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Usurp (Verb)
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To seize wrongfully
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