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Vocab Lesson 13
AP Comp Vocab
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Language - English
11th Grade
02/16/2009
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nirvana
 Definition
a condition of great peace or happiness
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salutary
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healtful; wholesome
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despicable
 Definition
contemptible; hateful
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harlequin
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a clown
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empathy
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an understanding of another's feelings
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brevity
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briefness; short duration
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savant
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a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar
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obsequious
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excessively submissive or overly attentive
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redundant
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repetitious; using more words than needed
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offal
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garbage; waste parts
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hoi polloi
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the common people; the masses
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sentient
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consious; capable of feeling or perceiving
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impinge
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to encroach; to trespass
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cataract
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a large waterfall
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animosity
 Definition
hatred
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