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E11 Vocabulary List #2
week 2
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English
11th Grade
09/15/2010

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Insidious
Definition
treacherous or deceitful: intending to entrap or beguile with grave effect
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Finesse
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extreme delicacy and adroitness in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation: subtlety in performance or skill
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Definitive
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Providing a final solution: conclusive; authoritative and apparently completely informative; limiting precisely; satisfying all criteria
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Vociferous
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Characterized by a vehemently loud of noisy outcry
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Deferential
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Showing respectful or courteous regard; yielding to the will or opinion of another
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Dissident
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A person who differs or disagrees in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority
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Conferred
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Granted from or as if from a position of superiority; comparing ideas or opinions; consulted
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Insufferable
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Incapable of being endured; intolerable
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Affinity
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A natural liking for or attraction to a person' thing or idea; a close resemblance or connection
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Assiduous
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Working diligently persistently at a task; unremitting or persevering; industrious
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Infinitesimal
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Exceedingly tiny;minute; immeasurably small; less than an assignable quantity
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Sedentary
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Characterized by a sitting posture, inactivity and lack of exercise
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