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12th Grade
11/10/2010
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virtual
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in effect but not an actual fact
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poignant
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sharply painful to the feeling
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concept
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idea
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sinewy
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tough
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obeisance
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homage
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tenacity
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perseverance
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burgeoning
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growing rapidly
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aspiration
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ambition
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fidelity
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faithfulness
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indominable
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unconquerable
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succeeding
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following
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tenacious
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persistant and clinging
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paradigmatically
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acting as a particularly clear example
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ensued
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came after
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pluralistic
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respecting difference among groups of people and their beliefs
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toke
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puff on a cigarette
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forebearance
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self-reliance
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meladroitly
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ineptly
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epitomize
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act as a typical example
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fatalistic
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reflecting belief that humans cannot change the direction of events
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complicitious
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associated in a wrongful act
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plausible
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believable
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ethos
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customs of social grouping
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crass
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lacking refinement
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longevity
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extended time or life span
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ceded
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yielded
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cohesiveness
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quality of being unified
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summa
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highest
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antipodes
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global opposites
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nutritive
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providing nourishment
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causation
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producing an effect
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