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Lesson 12
The People W.E.B. Dubois and the NAACP
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English
11th Grade
01/25/2012

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SUPPLIICATION
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noun.the act of asking humbly and earnestly;a prayer; a petition; an entreaty
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RESILIENT
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adj.easily sprining back to an original form; flexible; recovering quickly
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FACTIOUS
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adj.causing disunity, dissension or disputes; quarrelsome
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AUTOCRAT
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noun.a ruler with unlimited power; a dictator; a domineering person
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ARCHIVES
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noun.a place where public records our historical documents are kept; the records kept in such a place; verb to keep or store such records
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FRUSTRATE
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verb.to prevent from accomplishing; to cause feelings of discouragement
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ADAMENT
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adj.unbreakable due to hardness; unrelenting; unyielding
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PROCRASTINATE
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verb.to put off until later; to delay without a good reason
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ANTAGONIZE
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verb.to make an enemy of; to oppose or counteract
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PEREMPTORY
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adj.arrogant; allowing no denial or refusal; absolute
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