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Barron's Vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
12/05/2007

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megalomania
Definition
abnormal desire for wealth and power
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profligate
Definition
-extravagent, reckless, wasteful, spendthrift
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strife
Definition
trouble, conflict, discord, disagreement
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legion
Definition
crowd, multitude, throng, a large number
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coup
Definition
overthrow, takeover
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amnesty
Definition
official pardon, reprieve
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expatriate
Definition
emigrant, deportee, exile
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exonerate
Definition
clear, absolve, free from guilt
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fiat
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an official order or decree
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mendacious
Definition
untruthful, misleading
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parsimonious
Definition
frugal, skimping
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pecuniary
Definition
fiscal, economic, financial
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dismantle
Definition
take to pieces, to strip of covering, take apart
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sumptuous
Definition
luxurious, extravagant, lavish
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underwrite
Definition
guarentee, endorse, agree to finance
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restrictive
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limiting, restraining
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balk
Definition
recoil, shy away, refuse to move
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blunt
Definition
direct, frank, plain spoken
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nostalgia
Definition
reminiscence, wistfulness, yearning for the past
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rife
Definition
endemic, extensive, widespread
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liquidation
Definition
killing of , ending of
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reviled
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hated, loathed
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derogatory
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insulting, offensive
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indict
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prosecute, accuse
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nebulous
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hazy, unclear
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pesky
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annoying
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redolent
Definition
scented
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omnivorous
Definition
eating any kind of food
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disparate
Definition
unlike, different
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abstemious
Definition
moderate in eating or drinking, self- restraining
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repose
Definition
lounge, recline
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extant
Definition
present, in existence
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vicissitudes
Definition
struggles, problems
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edifice
Definition
structure, a building
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sultry
Definition
extremely hot
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trenchant
Definition
focused, piercing, penetrating
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puissant
Definition
powerful, strong
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unabated
Definition
increasingly, non-stop
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maudlin
Definition
sappy, mushy
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levity
Definition
cheerfulness, lightheartedness
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lugubrious
Definition
gloomy, sad, mournful
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