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12th Grade
12/19/2012

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Attrition
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A gradual natural decrease in number; becoming fewer
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Autonomy
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Independence; self-gov.
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Bolster
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To hold up; strengthen; reinforce support with a rigid object
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Bureaucratic
Definition
Insisting on strict rules and routine, often to the point of hindering
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Circumvent
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To avoid by going around or as if by going around; to escape from, prevent or stop through cleverness
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Clandestine
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Done in secret, kept hidden
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Cohesive
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Sticking or holding together; unified
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Contingency
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A possible future event that must be prepared for or guarded against possibility
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Depreciate
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To fall or decrease in value or price; to lower the value of
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Egocentric
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Self-centered; seeing everything in terms of oneself
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Equivocate
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To be deliberatly vague in order to mislead
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Exonerate
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To clear of an accusation or charge; prove innocent
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Fortuitous
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Happening by chance, by accident, or at random; lucky
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Grievous
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Causing grief or pain; very serious or severe
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Impeccable
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Faultless; perfect
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Incongruous
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Out of place; having parts that are not in harmony or that are inconsistent
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Indigenous
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Living or growing or produced naturally in a particular place; native
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Indiscriminate
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Not chosen carfully, not based on careful selection
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Inquisitive
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Curious; eager to learn
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Inundate
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To cover as by flooding; overwhelm with a large amount
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Liability
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Something that acts as a disability; drawback
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Liaison
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A person who serves as a connection between individuals or groups; a go-between
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Mandate
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A groups expressed wishes; clear signal to act, vote of confidence
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Nebulous
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Unclear, vague
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Oblivious
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Unaware; failing to notice
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Ostracize
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To expel or exclude from a group; shun
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Predisposed
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A natural preference or tendency
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Prolific
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Producing many works, results, or offspring; fertile
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Propensity
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Tending toward or open to something before hand
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Raucous
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Noisy and disorderly; boisterous
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Reinstate
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To restore to a previous position or condition; bring back into being or use
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Reiterate
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To state again or repeatedly
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Relegate
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To assign to less important place, condition, or position
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Reprehensible
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Deserving of blame, criticism, or disapproval
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Reticent
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Quiet or not commutative; reluctant to speak
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Robust
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Healthy and strong
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Sanction
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To authorize, allow or approve
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Sedentary
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Marked by much sitting; requiring or taknig little exercise
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Sham
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A pretense or counterfeit; something meant to decieve
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Solace
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Comfort in sorrow or misfortune; consolation
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Solicitous
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Showing or expressing concern, care, or attention
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Tantamount
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Equal in effector value; the same as
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Tenacious
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To hold on very tight
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Tenet
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A beliefe or princible held to be true by an individual or group
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Terse
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Brief and clear; effetively concise
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Utopia
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An ideal or perfect place or state, a place achieving social or political perfection
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Vociferous
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Noisy, expressing feelings loudly and intensely
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Replete
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Well filled
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Recourse
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A source of help, security, or strength; something to turn to
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Superfluous
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Beyond what is needed, wanted, or useful; extra
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