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Declaration and Autobiography Vocab.
Declaration of Independence and Autobiography of Ben Franklin Vocabulary
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11th Grade
10/11/2011
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eradicate
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destroy
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affluence
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wealth
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artifice
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fakeness
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contrive
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design; plan
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felicity
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happiness
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incorrigible
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hopeless; unlikely to change
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trifling
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frivolous; unimportant
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unremitting
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unceasing; nonstop
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beneficial
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helpful; good
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significant
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important; noteworthy
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fictitious
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fake; made up
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superficial
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shallow
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efficient
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working well
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officiate
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supervise
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specific
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particular
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scientific
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of or relating to science
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artificial
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fake
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deficient
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insufficient or inadequate
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abdicate
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to give up responsibility for
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arbitrary
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based on unpredictable decisions rather than the law
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despotism
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tyranny; government by a ruler with unlimited power
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impel
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to drive forward; force
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mercenary
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a professional soldier hired to fight in a foreign army
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perfidy
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treachery
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rectitude
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morally correct behavior or thinking
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redress
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the correction of a wrong; compensation
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unalienable
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not to be taken away
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usurpation
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the act of wrongfully taking over a right or power that belongs to someone else
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