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Vocab for Hooper
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Language - English
Undergraduate 1
01/23/2010
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c or ca
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in approimatly
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ff
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and the following (pages)
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ibid
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In the sameplace
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N.B.
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Note well
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bombastically
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inflated or pretentious
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paradigms
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an example serving as
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shoddy
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of poor workmenship
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inapposite
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o pertinent
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unmitigated
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absolute
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slovenly
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unclear, untidy appearance
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laxity
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loseless
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insidiously
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stealthy deceitful
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allusive
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having reference to something implied
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hyperbole
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exaterated
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connotation
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secondly meaning in addition to primary meaning
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purport
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falsely and deliberately claim to being
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germane
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closely related to argument
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vivacious
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lively full of life
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construes
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to interpret
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i.e
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that is
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e.g.
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for an example
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et al
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and other
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salient
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promenent
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perspicuous
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clearly exspressed
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procrustean
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tending to produce conformety by ciolent or arbatrery means
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pertinent
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clear relevant
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gentility
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being well mannered
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enunciating
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hears al consonants and vowels
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pleonastic
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redundant
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perpetrated
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to commit or execute
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pretentious
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attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed
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candor
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to point out frankly
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Pound
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contemporary modern poet who was pro Mussolini
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promulgates
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to promote or make widely know
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crux
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central focus
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desist
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to stop
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impelled
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push or driven forward
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propensities
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natural tendency to
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