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12th Grade
06/01/2012

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Fulsome
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adj. disgustingly excessive or insincere; repulsive
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Refractory
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adj. stubbornly resistant to control, authority, or treatment
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Hedge (v.)
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v. to protect against possible loss by taking compensatory measures; to avoid making a direct statement
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Surrogate
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n. a substitute
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Absolve (n. absolution)
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v. to free from guilt or blame; to vindicate; to exculpate; to exonerate
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Exact (v.)
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v. to demand and obtain by authority or force
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Wangle
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v. to get by persuasion, influence, etc.
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Emblematic
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adj. symbolic; representative
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Auspicious
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adj. marked by favorable circumstances
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Definitive
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adj. complete
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Bibliophile
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n. one who loves books
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Fraudulent
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adj. deceitful; deliberately cheating or deceptive
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Oblique
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adj. not straight to the point; indirect
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Penchant
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n. a strong liking
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Deluge
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n. a great flood
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Abscond
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v. to hide; to go away hastily and secretly
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Flag (v.)
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v. to slow down in pace; to weaken
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Verdant
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n. green
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Pertinacious
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adj. stubbornly maintaining a belief
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Minutiae
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n. trivial details
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Contiguous
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adj. sharing a common boundary; adjoining
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Expedite (adj. expeditious)
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v. to speed up
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Baroque
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adj. fantastically over-decorated; gaudily ornate
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Congenital
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adj. present since birth; being an essential characteristic
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Repudiate
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v. to reject as invalid or untrue
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Countenance (v.)
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v. to tolerate
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Indolent (n. indolence)
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adj. lazy
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Marshal (v.)
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v. to arrange in order
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Barbarous (n. barbarity)
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adj. cruel, brutal
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Ineffable
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adj. incapable of being expressed
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Harangue
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n. a long pompous speech, a tirade; a speech or piece of writing expressing strong emotion
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Emaciated (n. emaciation)
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adj. made thin unnaturally; extremely thin due to starvation
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Banal (n. banality)
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adj. dull or stale; commonplace
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Determinate
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adj. having exact limits; final; firm in purpose
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Lugubrious
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adj. sad or mournful, especially in a way that seems exaggerated or ridiculous
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Obsequious
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adj. showing too great a willingness to serve or obey
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Obstreperous
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adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant
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Empirical (n. empiricism)
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adj. based on experience rather than a theory
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Utilitarian
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adj. stressing practical use over other values
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Petulant
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adj. impatient or irritable, especially over a minor annoyance
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Pedantic
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adj. putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge
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Parochial
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adj. restricted; limited; narrow; local
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Insular
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adj. narrow in outlook; provincial; parochial
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Acme
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n. the highest point, as of perfection
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Martinet
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n. one who is strict in discipline and enjoys authority too much
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Reverberate (n. reverberation)
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v. to echo
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Proliferate (adj. prolific)
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v. to grow or reproduce rapidly
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Conflagration
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n. a large, disastrous fire
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Vernacular
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n. informal speech; native tongue
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Lewd
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adj. preoccupied with sex and sexual desire
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