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Chinua Achebe-MMA&Alex-4th period
VL6
25
English
10th Grade
04/11/2011

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Denigration
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Verb: To speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame
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Superannuated
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Verb: To allow to retire from service or office on a pension because of age or infirmity.
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Eradicate
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Verb: to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate
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overzealously
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adjective: too filled with or inspired by intense enthusiasm
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cultural conflict
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benevolent
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adjective: characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
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pandemonium
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noun: wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
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emissary
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noun: an agent or messenger sent on a mission, especially one who represents a government or head of state
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communal
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adjective: used or shared in common by everyone in a group
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cordiality
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noun: courteous and gracious feeling
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meager
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adjective: deficient in amount, quality, or extent.
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brusqueness
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adjective: abrupt in manner, blunt, rough.
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interim
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noun: a temporary or provisional arrangement; stopgap; makeshift.
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abomination
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noun: anything greatly disliked or abhorred.
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arduous
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adjective: requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult
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clambered
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verb: to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
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revel
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verb: to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in )
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taut
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adjective: tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
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improvident
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adjective: acking foresight; incautious; unwary.
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capricious
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adjective: subject to, led by, or whim; erratic:
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rebuke
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verb: to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
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approbation
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noun: approval; commendation.
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trifle
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noun: an article or thing of very little value.
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wily
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adjective: full of, marked by; crafty; cunning.
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malevolent
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adjective: wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious:
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