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English Vocab -- 01/04/08
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10th Grade
01/04/2008

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animosity
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strong dislike
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apprehensive
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fearful or anxious, esp. about the future
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apathetic
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not caring
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commend
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the praise, express approval - to present worthy of attention
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compatible
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able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system
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condolence
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expression of sympathy
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consecrate
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to make sacred -- to set apart for special purpose
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decrepit
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old and feeble, worn out, ruined
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deride
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to ridicule , laugh at
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ingenuous
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innocent, simple, frank, sincere
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multifarious
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having great variety, numberous
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obsolete
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out of date, no longer in use
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omnivorous
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eating every kinda food, wide variety of tastes
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parsimonious
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stingy, miserly, poor, small
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quandary
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a state of perplexity or doubt
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly disobedient
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reprisal
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an injury done in return for injury
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revel
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to take great pleasure in -- a wild celebration
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stultify
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to make ineffective or useless, cripple -- to have a dulling effect on
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suave
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smoothy agreeable or polite -- pleasing
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