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58
English
11th Grade
09/06/2006

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wanderlust
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lust for traveling
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nostalgia
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longing for the past
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edification
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for your betterment; building you up
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atavistic
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recurring
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garrulous
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talkative
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exorbitant
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expensive; a lot
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paean
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hymn of Thanksgiving
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impregnable
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impossible to break down
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affability
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pleasant; approachable
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abject
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retched
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rustic
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old fashioned; crazy
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pejoratively
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negative
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indolence
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laziness
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pomposity
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arrogance
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pragmatism
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practical; someone who has a purpose of doing something
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bellicose
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warlike
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adamancy
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firmness of purpose
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ardor
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extreme passion
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ennui
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boredom
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culled
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reduce; control size
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inanities
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silly; senseless remarks
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libertine
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free in a bad way; morally uninhibited
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didactic
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instructive
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adherence
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sticking to; support someone
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raiment
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clothing
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haughty
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arrogant
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trepidation
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fearing; trembling
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saliend
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to the heart of the matter
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eschew
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avoiding
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uninhibited
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free
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buttress
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to support something
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consummation
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making it illegal
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facade
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a mask
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incognito
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undercover
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lieu
Definition
instead
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ingratiate
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put yourself in a negative situation
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immersion
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deeply involved
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admonition
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warning
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uppity
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arrogant; snotty
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muses
Definition
inspirations
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countenance
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face/appearance
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meagre
Definition
very small amount
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omnipresence
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all-present; everywhere
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innocence
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not guilty; pure
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confluence
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flow with
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invocation
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caling faith (invoke)
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dutifulness
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responsibility
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regeneration
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reproduction
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pretention
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haughtiness; "all that"
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platitudes
Definition
mollifying comments
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apprehensive
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anxious
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inimical
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hostile (enemy-like)
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euphemistic
Definition
make something sound better
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ebullient
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boiling; agitated
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incongruous
Definition
not fitting
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sanguine
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bloddy
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agrarian
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farmish
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jingoistic
Definition
extreme chauvenism or belligerent foreign policy
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