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ELA 10 Vocab 9
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10th Grade
12/14/2011

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emulate
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to strive to be equal to; to imitate
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sere
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dry and withered
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enhance
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to increase the value or beauty of something
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contrite
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feeling regret for having committed a wrongdoing
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magnanimous
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noble; generous in forgiving; free from petty feelings or acts
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enunciate
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to state clearly and distinctly; to pronounce
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collaborate
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to work with another toward a goal
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impound
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to confine; to retain in legal custody
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impeccable
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faultless; without sin or blemish
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evoke
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to summon forth
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insane
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without sense or meaning; silly
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unctous
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exaggeratedly or insincerely polite
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expatriate
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someone who choses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country
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frowzy
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unkempt
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heinous
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hatefully or shockingly evil
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