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Lesson 3
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English
10th Grade
10/06/2008

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heresy
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[n.] any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs
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novel
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[adj.] new; original
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philanthropy
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[n.] love of mankind; especially by doing good deeds
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deference
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[n.] submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
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fervor
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[n.] great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal
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alleviate
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[v.] to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
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ascetic
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[adj.] hermitlike; practicing self-denial
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incorrigible
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[adj.] incapable of being reformed
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prosaic
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[adj.] dull; unimaginative; like prose [as opposed to poetry]
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expedient
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[adj.] providing an immediate advantage; serving one's immediate self-interest; practical
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anthro/andr
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man; human - anthropology, android, misanthrope, philanthropy, anthropomorphic, philander, androgynous, anthropocentric
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cad/cid
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to fall; to happen by chance - accident, coincidence, decadent, cascade, recidivism, cadence
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sua
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smooth - suave, assuage, persuade, dissuade
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act/ag
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to do; to drive; to force; to lead - act, agent, agile, agitate, exacting, litigate, prodigal, prodigious, pedagogue, demagogue, synagogue
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