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Week 1- Vocabulary
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Language - English
10th Grade
09/03/2009

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Belabor
Definition
to explain, worry about, or work at(something) repeatedly or more than is necessary: He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed. Dwell on.
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Discomfit
Definition
to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question 
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Edification
Definition
Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenment, elevation
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Elaborate
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worked otu with great care and nicety of detail; exectued with great minuteness: elaborate preparations; elaborate care, extensive, embellished
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Feasible
Definition
capable of being done, effected, o accomplished: a feasible plan achievable
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Laborious
Definition
requiring much work, exertion, or perserverance: a laborious undertaking. rigorous
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Lethargy
Definition
he quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity. lazy.
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Liturgy
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a form of public worship; ritual. ceremony, faith
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Magnum Opus
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a great work, esp, the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust's magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past-masterpiece(of artist)
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Malfeasance
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the performance by a public officail of an act tht is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing(used esp. of an act in violation of a public trust) misbehavior, misconduct
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Modus Operani
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a method of operation or functiong: a person's manner of working: method of operation
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Opulent
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wealthy, rich, or affluent, an opulent sutie. extravagant
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Surfeit
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excess, an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking. surplus
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Synergy
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comvined action or functiong. unity
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