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Vocab Unit 1
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Language - English
11th Grade
09/15/2009

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arbiter
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n. one who decides; a judge
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contentious
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adj. argumentative; quarrelsome
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cynic
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n. one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans are motivated only by selfishness
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inherent
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adj. part of the essential nature of something; intrinsic
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man
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(hand) Prefix manual, manufacture, emancipate, manifest, mandate, mandatory
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col/col/com/con
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(with, together) connect, confide, concede, coerce, cohesive, cohort, confederate, collaborate, compatible, coherent, comply
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dox
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(opinion) orthodox, paradox, dogma, dogmatic
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her/hes
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(to stick) coherent, cohesive, adhesive, adherent, inherent
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vid/vis
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(to see) evident, television, video, vision, provision, adviser, provident, survey, vista, visionary, visage.
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manifest
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adj. visible; evident
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paradox
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n. a ture statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical
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partisan
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n. one who supports a particular person, cause or idea.
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pervade
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v. to spread throughout
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precursor
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n. forerunner; something that goes before and anticipaes or paves the way for whatever it is that follows
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sagacious
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adj. discerning; shrewd; keen in judgement; wise
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