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Literature
10th Grade
09/11/2011

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Approbation
Definition
N: Approval
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Assuage
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V: Make easier, satisfy
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Coalition
Definition
N: Combination
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Decadence
Definition
N: Decay
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Elicit
Definition
 V: draw out, bring forth from some source (such as another person)
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Expostulate
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V: Expose the truth
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Hackneyed
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Adj: lack of freshness or originality
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Hiatus
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N: Gap, opening
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Innuendo
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N: Indirect, hint or suggestion
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Intercede
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V: go between, plead on behaf of someone else, third party
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Jaded
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Adj: dull, worn out
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Lurid
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Adj: Horrid, shock or horror, terrible or passionate
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Meritorious
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Adj: Merit, deserving recognition, praise, or a reward
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Petulant
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Adj: Pet peeves, annoyed easily irritated and upset
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Prerogative
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N: special right or privilege
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Provincial
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Adj: outlying area or province narrow minded

N: person with a narrow point of view

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Simulate
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V: imitate
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Transcend
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V: to rise above or beyond, exceed
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Umbrage
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N: foliage, giving shade (um-brella)

um-Bridge, burning bridge - resentment

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Unctious
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Adj: Smug, fatty, oily, pliable, smooth, trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or pity
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