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Unit 2
Vocab unit 2
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12th Grade
10/29/2009

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Aegis
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(n.) Protection; Sponsorship;
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Apprise
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(v.) To inform of; to make aware by oral notice or witten notice
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Bibulous
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(adj.) Inclined to drink; absorbent
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Claque
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(n.) Applaud a performer or performance; ethusiastic or fawning admires
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Deracinate
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(v) Dislocate ; to eliminate
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Eleemosynary
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(adj) Dependent upon or supported by charity
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Indigenous
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(adj) Native; inborn; inherent
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Lachrymose
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(adj) teers or weeping ; mournful
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lexicon
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(n) special vocabulary of a person group or subject
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Melee
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(n) Confused stuggle ;; a violent free for all
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Microscosm
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(n.) universe or miniature world
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Minuscule
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(adj) very small, tiny ; (n) lowercase letter
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Obfuscate
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(v) to darken or obscure ; to confuse or bewilder
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Paternalism
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(n) Policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father
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Polarize
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(v) to cause two conflicting or contrasting positions
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Purview
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(n.) the range, extent or scope of something ;
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Sanguine
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(adj) Naturally cheerful, confident, or optimistic
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Solecism
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(n) ungrammatical usage ; impropriety or mistake
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Vassal
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(n) Surbordinate, or dependent ; a servant
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Verisimilitude
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Quality of appearing to be true, real likely, or probable
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