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English Words Skills Packet Vocab
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12th Grade
09/25/2013
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absurdly
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utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue, foolish
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acquiesce
 Definition
agree, or concent
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ascend
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to move, climb, or go upwards
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beneficent
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doing good or causing good to be done
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coerce
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intimidation or authority
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conference
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meeting
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contemplate
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deep thought, thinking deeply about something. contradicting
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correspondent
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someone who communicates by letters
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distinction
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distinguishing difference
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dominate
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to rule over, govern or control
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enable
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to turn on, to make able
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fundamentally
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an essential part
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impress
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to fix in someones mind or memory, or suprise someone
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indifferent
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neither good or bad character. no bias.
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oblige
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force of necessity. you should do it. its the right thing to do
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plausible
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believable, credible
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plight
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a state or situation
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serenity
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peaceful
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shroud
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something that covers or conceals.

for example. "a dead body"
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singular
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only one
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abode
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home
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alter
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change
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contamination
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pollute
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diversity
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difference
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impetuous
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moving with great force
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initiate
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start
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interaction
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to involve yourself in some way
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irrecoverable
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unretrievable
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irreversible
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incapable of being changed
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lethal
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deadly, fatal
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magnitude
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to that extent
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millennium
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a thousand years
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modify
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to improve
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radiation
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energy being emitted as particles or waves
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relatively
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in proportion
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sinister
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evil
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species
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characteristics, or classification
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universal
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known everywhere around the world
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vegetation
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all plant growth in an area, or someone who is lazy.
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counterpart
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closely resembling another, copy, duplicate
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