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Graduate
08/26/2010

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abject
Definition
hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated
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elucidate
Definition
to explain; to make understandable
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abysmal
Definition
extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless
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accede
Definition
to give in; to yield; to agree
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accrete
Definition
to increase by growth or addition
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adduce
Definition
to bring forward as an example or as proof; to cite
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advent
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arrival; coming; beginning
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allege
Definition
to assert without proof
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anathema
Definition
something or someone loathed or detested; a formal ecclesiastical curse and excommunication
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ancillary
Definition
subordinate, providing assisstance
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apposite
Definition
distinctly suitable; pertinent
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arcane
Definition
mysterious; known only to a select few
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arrant
Definition
utter; unmitigated; very bad
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attrition
Definition
a gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural decrease in numbers or size
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auspicious
Definition
favorable; promising
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avow
Definition
to claim; to to declare; boldly; to admit
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beleaguer
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to surround; to besiege; to harass
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bereave
Definition
to deprive or leave desolate, especially through death
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callow
Definition
immature
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cardinal
Definition
most important; chief
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chagrin
Definition
humiliation; embarrassed disappointment
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choleric
Definition
hot tempered; quick to anger
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circumspect
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cautious
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coalesce
Definition
to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
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collusion
Definition
conspiracy; secret operation
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contumely
Definition
rudeness; insolence; arrongance
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convivial
Definition
fond of partying; festive
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copious
Definition
plentiful; abundant
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cull
Definition
to pick out from among many; to select; to collect
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debacle
Definition
a sudden disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout
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deprecate
Definition
to express disapproval of
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dilapidated
Definition
broken-down; fallen into ruin
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discomfit
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to confuse; to disconcert; make uneasy
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doggerel
Definition
comic, loose verse
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egregious
Definition
extremely bad; flagrant
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