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English
11th Grade
09/22/2008

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incoherent
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jumbled; chaotic; impossible to understand
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repress
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to hold down
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articulate
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speaking clearly and well
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solicit
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to ask for; to seek
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reproach
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to scold
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condescend
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to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize
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orthodox
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conventional; adhering to established principles or doctrines, especially in religion by the book
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indolence
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laziness
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congenial
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agreeably suitable; pleasant
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preclude
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to prevent; to make impossible to shut out
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apprehensive
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worried; anxious
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elaborate
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detailed; careful; thorough
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arrogant
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feeling superior to others; snooty
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elusive
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hard to pin down; evasive
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efface
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to erase; to rub away the features of
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taciturn
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untalkative by nature
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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acquiesce
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to give in; to agree
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atrophy
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to waste away form lack of use
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dubious
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doubtful; uncertain
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flagrant
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shocking; outstandingly bad
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concise
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brief and to the point; succinct
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immutable
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unchangeable; permanent
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static
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stationary; not changing or moving (not radio fuzz)
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credulous
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believing; gullible
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blasphemy
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irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity
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coalesce
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to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
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lax
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careless; not diligent; relaxed
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cryptic
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mysterious; mystifying
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levity
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lightness; frivolity; unseriousness
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ambivalent
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undecided; blowing hot and cold
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innate
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existing since birth; inborn; inherent
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sycophant
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one who sucks up to others
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amiable
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friendly
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esoteric
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hard to understand; understood by only a select few
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