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Undergraduate 4
09/29/2006
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Term
abrogate
 Definition
to abolish formaly
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accoutrement
 Definition
personal clothing or accessories
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agoraphobia
 Definition
fear of crowds
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amalgamate
 Definition
to mix or blend
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ancillary
 Definition
subordinate
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arcane
 Definition
known or understood by few
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assiduity
 Definition
diligence
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attenuated
 Definition
to weaken the intensity
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beatitude
 Definition
supreme blessedness
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benefactor
 Definition
a kindly helper
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blatant
 Definition
obvious
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bruit
 Definition
to be rumored or heard
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careen
 Definition
to lean to one side in motion
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caustic
 Definition
able to destroy living tissue
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choleric
 Definition
extremely irritable
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commemorative
 Definition
serving as a reminder
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confidant
 Definition
a close friend
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connoisseur
 Definition
person who passes judgment in art or tastes
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corrugated
 Definition
to wrinkle
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criterion
 Definition
a standard of judgement
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decadence
 Definition
unrestrained self indulgence
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demise
 Definition
death or disease
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desiccate
 Definition
to dry up
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dirge
 Definition
funeral song
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disseminate
 Definition
to scatter
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dudgeon
 Definition
anger
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edify
 Definition
to benifit morally or spiritually
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emissary
 Definition
a rep sent on a mission
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epicure
 Definition
connoisseur
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errant
 Definition
straying
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exorbitant
 Definition
profuse
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fallow
 Definition
inactive
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fervent
 Definition
heated, passionately
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fleece
 Definition
to deprive or money by fraud
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gamut
 Definition
a range
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garish
 Definition
crudely showy
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gnarled
 Definition
twisted
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gregarious
 Definition
socialble
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hegemony
 Definition
confederation
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hone
 Definition
to sharpen, a tool used to make preicse dimensions
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iconocast
 Definition
breaker of images
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hypercritical
 Definition
over critical
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