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12th Grade
09/11/2015

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Peruse
Definition
Read thoroughly/examing carefully
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Penury
Definition
Poverty
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Obscure*
Definition
Not well known/hidden/vague

His origins and parentage was obscure.
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Dispel
Definition
To make a doubt, feeling or belief go away.
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Vindictive*
Definition
Seeking revenge.
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Nuances
Definition
Subtleties. A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.
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Obsolete
Definition
Outdated.

The replacment of the old and obsolete machinery.
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Inflict
Definition
To impose on
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Chagrin
Definition
Dissapointment or embarrasment.

To his chagrin, I was no where to be found.
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Pseudo
Definition
Fake: He works under a pseudonym

Insincere or pretentious. He was a pseudo-intellectual.
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Eschew
Definition
Reject
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Evoke
Definition
To call to mind/ To bring up.
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Condescend
Definition
To act supperior.
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Misanthrope
Definition
A perosn who avoids society and humankind.
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Misnomer
Definition
A wrong or inaccurate designation. Mis-naming something.
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Misconstrue
Definition
To misunderstand
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Misalign
Definition
To align badly
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Laudatory (Plaudatory)
Definition
Adjective: Expressing praise or commendation.

They were enthusiastic and laudatory articles.
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Amenable
Definition
Compliant/Willing or open to suggestion
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Adversarial
Definition
Adjective: Characerized by conflict or opposition. Acting like an enemy
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Verbiage
Definition
Excessively lengthy speech or writing.

A sea of verbiage. A mess of words with little content.
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Mavericks
Definition
A person or people who are indepedent. (Loners)
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Distinction
Definition
Difference
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Vigilant
Definition
Aware/on your gaurd
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Disenfranchised
Definition
Not allowed to vote
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Misogynist
Definition
A person who is strongly prejudiced against women.

A woman-hater
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Ambivalant
Definition
Having mixed feelings about. Unsure.
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Winnow
Definition
Organize and get rid of shit and keep good
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Vicariously
Definition
To experience indirectly through another.
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Heretical
Definition
Out of the norm
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Pundits
Definition
Smart person
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Multilater
Definition
Many sided
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Multifarious
Definition
Many different types, many
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What is the meaning of the root word trac or tract
Definition
To pull.
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Toothsome
Definition
Good tasting
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Whole numbers
Definition
Numbers that do not include fractions or decimals.
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Prime numbers
Definition
Divisible only by themselves and one. (0 and 1 are not prime numbers)

2,3,5,7,13,17,19,23
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Composite numbers
Definition
Anything that's not prime or special
If you can divide a number by some smaller number (not one) without gettng a remainder
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Integers
Definition
Whole numbers and their opposites.
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Rational numbers
Definition
All integers
Any number that can be written as a fraction.
Any decimal that ends or has a repeating number
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Irrational number
Definition
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