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List 21
from Michael Clay Thompson's The Word Within the Word
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English
8th Grade
11/04/2013

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Term
equivocate
Definition
to hedge
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superfluous
Definition
unnecessary
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bilateral
Definition
two-sided
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unilateral
Definition
one-sided
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circumspect
Definition
cautious
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commensurate
Definition
of like measure
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malevolence
Definition
evil intent
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neophytpe
Definition
beginner
Term
misanthopist
Definition
people-hater
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bellicose
Definition
warlike
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anthropomorphic
Definition
man-shaped
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captious
Definition
fault-finding
Term
neologism
Definition
new word
Term
malediction
Definition
a curse
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incredulous
Definition
not believing
Term
omniscient
Definition
all-knowing
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monomania
Definition
obsession with one thing
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specious
Definition
false
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excoriate
Definition
verbally flog
Term
prototype
Definition
first model
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xenophobia
Definition
fear of foreigners
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benediction
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a blessing
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amorphous
Definition
shapeless
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preponderance
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bulk
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magnanimous
Definition
great-minded
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