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Literature
10th Grade
09/16/2010

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adept
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very skilled; proficient; expert
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assimilate
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to bring or come into harmony; adjust or become adjusted; to become or cause to become similar
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assuage
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to soothe, moderate, or relieve(grief, pain, etc); to give relief to (thirst, appetite, etc); satisfy
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bewilderment
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a state of confusion
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conspicuous
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easily seen or noticed; readily visible or abservable; attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities
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cursory
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going rapidly over something , without noticing details; hasty; superficial; quick
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destitute
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without means of substance; lacking food, clothing, and shelter; poor
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engender
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to produce, cause, or give rise to; to beget
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inexorably
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not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties
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ingenious
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cleverly inventive or resourceful
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oratory
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the art of public speaking, esp. in a formal and eloquent manner
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presumptuous
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full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought; unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward
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reciprocity
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a mutual giving and receiving a returning, usually for something given; mutual exchange
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tenuous
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lacking a sound basis, as reasuming; unsubstantiated; weak; lacking in clarity; vague
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transcend
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surpasses, exceed
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