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Vocab Unit 6
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Language - English
11th Grade
02/03/2010

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debauchery
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n. wild living; excessive intemperance
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deleterious
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adj. harmful (potentially)
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disinterested
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adj. not taking sides; unbiased (disinclined)
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equivocal
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adj. ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way
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fecund
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adj. fertile; productive (refers to mind set/ time in persons life not really to do with body)
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hermetic
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adj. impervious to external influence; airtight
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impervious
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adj. not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable (not people, state of being)
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judicious
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adj. excercising sound judgement
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laconic
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adj. using few words, especially to the point of seeming rude (bad association)
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tacit
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adj. implied; not spoken (also quiet, not speaking much)
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voc/vok
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(to call) vocabulary, vocal, provocative, advocate, equivocate, equivocal, vocation
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tac/tic
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(to be silent) reticent, tacit, taciturn
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eu
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(good/well) euphoria, euphemism, eulogy, eugenics, euthanasia, euphony
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mal/male
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(bad/ill/evil/wrong) malfunction, malodorous, malicious, malcontent, malign, malignant, dismal
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mis/mit
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(to send) transmit, manumit, emissary, missive, intermittent, remit, remission, demise
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