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Vocab Unit 3
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Language - English
11th Grade
09/28/2009

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anomaly
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n. an abberation; an irregularity; a deviation
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bereaved
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adj. deprived or left desolate, expecially through death
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connoisseur
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n. an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste
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corroborate
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v. to confirm; to back up with evidence
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forebear
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v. to refrain from; to abstain
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frenetic
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adj. frantic; frienzied
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genre
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n. a type or category, especially of art or writing
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polemic
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n. a powerful argument ofen made to attack or refute a controversal issue
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synthesis
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n. the combining of parts to form a whole
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vindicate
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v. to clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify
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dic/dict/dit
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(to say; to tell; to use words) dictionary, dictate, predict, contradict, verdict, abdicate, edict, dictum, malediction, benediction, indict, indite, diction, interdict, obiter dictum
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hetero
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(different) heterosexual, heterogeneous, heterodox
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hom
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(same) hommogeneous, homonym, homosexual, anomaly, homeostasis
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auto
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(self) automatic, autopsy, autocrat, autonomy
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bi
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(twice, doubly) bionoculars, biannual, biennial, bigamy, bilateral, bilingual, bipartisan
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