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English Vocabulary 1
English Vocabulary
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General Vocab
Undergraduate 1
09/05/2010

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Variety
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a different type of a thing
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Accommodate
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to provide with a kindness
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Advent
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the time when something (Christmas season, Spring) comes or arrives
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Determine
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to decide for certain
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Assist
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to help; to give support to someone
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Discover
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To understand or realize something (previously unknown or unseen)
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Purpose
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The reason for which something exists
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Include
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to contain (as parts to a whole)
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Communion
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intimate communication
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Bless
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being granted by God a divine favor
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Destiny
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the predetermined and inevitable course of events.
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Influence
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Someone or something that produces effects on another person or thing
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Indulge
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to yield to a desire
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Firm
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securely fixed in place; unwavering
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Earnest
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characterized by seriousness and sincerity
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Renown
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popular(ity); widespread and high repute
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Hew
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to shape by cutting or striking; "to __ a passage through the crowd; to __ a statue from stone; the storm __ the forest."
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Simple
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lacking mental acuity; unadorned, easy to understand, use, etc.
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Correct
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to point out the errors to improve one's thinking or behavior and realign one with truth
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Mock
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To attack someone by mimicking or ridiculing him contemptuously
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Rebuke
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to express strong disapproval of someone or something
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Wicked
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Lacking good morals, having the propensity for violent, dangerous, or spiteful acts; characterizing severeness (as in weather, action, etc)
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Folly
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foolishness, an action, behavior, etc that lacks understanding or sense.
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Guest
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Someone who spends time in another residence or place of business, for social or business purpose, and is usually treated well
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Discretion
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Advise
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Pretentious
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Hardly
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Rove
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Trite
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Melodramatic
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Annal
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Intend
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Coy
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Refer
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Indolent
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Clearly
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Desolation
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Imperative
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Thorough
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Owe
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Thwart
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Lullaby
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Spry
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