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Lesson 3
AP English& Composition
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English
12th Grade
09/15/2010
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Abstruse
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adj. Difficult to understand, complex
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Affable
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adj. Friendly, sociable
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Audacity
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n. excessive boldness 
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Contrite
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adj. Extremely apologetic 
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Credulous
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adj. Believing on slight evidence
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Depravity
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n. moral corruption
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Deprecate
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v. To disapprove regretfully, to be little, to express mild disapproval
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Didactic
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adj. Instructive, designed to teach
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Dormant
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inactive, sleeping
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Enigmatic
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adj. Mysterious, inexplicable
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Erudite
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adj. Scholarly
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Exotic
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adj. Foreign, unfamiliar
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Fuse
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to mix, to join
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immutable
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unchanging
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incorrigible
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incapable of being improved
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loathe
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to abhor
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mitigate
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to cause something to become less harsh
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nullify
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to cause not to be in effect
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pacifistic
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adj. opposed to war or use of force
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pretentious
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ostentatious
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prologue
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n. introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action
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Recant
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to withdraw a statement
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Servile
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overly submissive
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trepidation
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fear, trembling, agitation
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vilify
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to malign, to defame
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