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Vocabulary 6
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Literature
10th Grade
01/31/2010

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Dogmatic
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Holding an established opinion
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Dormant
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Lying inactive; sleeping
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Duplicity
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The belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or actions.
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Ebb
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To fall from a higher to a lower state (mood,tide)
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Eclectic
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Selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines,methods, or styles.

to read more than one genre.

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Efface
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To eliminate; to cause to vanish
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Effervescent
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To show livliness or exhileration
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Egregious
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Extraordinarily bad
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Elucidate
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To give a clarifying explanation
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Elusive
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Hard to comprehend or define
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Embellish
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To make beautiful, decorate, or exaggerate
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Embroil
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To throw into disorder or confusion
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Emulate
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To strive to equal or excel.
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Enervate
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lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor.
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Engender
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To cause to exist or develop
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enhance
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intensify; improve; to make greater
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enigma
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puzzling thing or person
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ephemeral
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lasting or of use for only a short time
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equanimity
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composure, evenness of temper
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equivocate
Definition
use ambiguity to conceal truth
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