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Lesson 5
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15
English
10th Grade
01/20/2011

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Acrimony
Definition
Bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility
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Affinity
Definition
Attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship.
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Ambivalent
Definition
Having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone; indecisive.
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Cessation
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A stopping, either final or temporary.
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Emaciated
Definition
Very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny.
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Enclave
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A distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory.
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Engender
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To bring into being, to produce.
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Exacerbate
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To make more severe, bitter, or violent.
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Illicit
Definition
Not allowed, improper, or unlawful.
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Indigenous
Definition
Naturally living or growing in a certain area; native.
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Inexorable
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Not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless
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Inflatuated
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Filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire.
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Insatiable
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Never satisfied; greedy.
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Poignant
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Painfully moving, affecting, or touching.
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Proselytize
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To convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause.
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