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Undergraduate 4
01/02/2009

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esoteric
Definition
hard to understand
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insularity
Definition
isolation, narrow mindedness
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intransigence
Definition
stubbornness
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inured
Definition
hardness, accustomed
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invective
Definition
abuse
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irascible
Definition
easily angered
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laconic
Definition
brief, to the point
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lassitude
Definition
languor, weariness
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levity
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frivolity
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malingerer
Definition
illness faker to escape duty
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mendacious
Definition
habitually dishonest
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misanthrope
Definition
one who hates mankind
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neophyte
Definition
recent convert
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obdurate
Definition
stubborn
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obsequious
Definition
slavishly attentive
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obviate
Definition
make unnecessary
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occlude
Definition
shut, close
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officious
Definition
meddlesome
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opprobrium
Definition
infamy
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paragon
Definition
model of perfection
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pedantic
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bookish
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penury
Definition
severe poverty
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perfidious
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treacherous
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precipitate
Definition
premature
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perfunctory
Definition
superficial
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probity
Definition
uprightness, incorruptibility
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prodigal
Definition
wasteful
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propitiate
Definition
appease
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quiescent
Definition
at rest, dormant
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rarefied
Definition
made less dense [of a gas]
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recondite
Definition
difficult to understand, profound
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relegate
Definition
banish to an inferior position
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reprobate
Definition
scoundrel
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reticent
Definition
reserved
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salubrious
Definition
healthful
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secrete
Definition
hide away OR release a substance into an organism
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solicitous
Definition
worried
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soporific
Definition
sleep-causing
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specious
Definition
seemingly reasonable but incorrect, intentionally misleading
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stint
Definition
be thrifty, set limits
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