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ameliorate

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to make better

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baleful

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expressing hatred or evil

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berate

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to critisize vigorously

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circumvent

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to avoid through craftiness

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compunction

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a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt

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condone

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to overlook or accept without punishment

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diminutive

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verry small

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euphemism

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a polit term used to replace a more crude one

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expendable

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easily reaused or replaced

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heresy

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the expression of shocking or unacceptable news.

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infirmity

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physical or mental weakness or defect

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profane

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to disrespect

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recompense

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to pay or recompensate

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repast

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food and drink, a meal

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servitude

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a lack of freedom

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castigate

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to punish by critisizing

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colloquial

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characterized by informal language

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epitaph

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words on a tombstone

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exodus

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a mass departure

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inter

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to put in a grave

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lacerate

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to tear or cut roughly

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largesse

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the act of giving generously

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obituary

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a notice of somebody death

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omnivorous

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eating all kinds of food

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permeate
to spread throughout
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rendition
an interpretation of a song or dance.
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resurgence
a rising again to life
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stereotype
a generalization that is used to characterise a person without the knowledge of who they are or what they are like.
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stipend
a fixed amount of money for work done or to cover living expenses
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subserient
serving or acting in a subordinate manner.
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adgacent
near or next to
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beset
to surround or to attack repeatedly
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cede
to give up or transfer
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circuitous
roundabout, indirect.
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desultury
proceed or carried out in an aimless or random way
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galvanize
to excite or arouse action
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implement
a tool or instrument
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inconsequencial
lacking importance or worth
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magnitude
greatness of size, power or influence
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materialize
to become real or actual
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muster
to gather, usaully militarily
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prohibitive
serving to restrain action
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reminisce
to think or talk about ones past
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vangaurd
the leading or forward position in a movement
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visionary
A person who thinks of unrealistic things, a dreamer.
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cautionary
offering or serving as a warning
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constrain
to confine, or hold back
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flotilla
a fleet of boats or small ships
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gossamer
thin sheer fabric resembling gause.
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ignominious
causing shame or desgrace
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incur
the bring somehting apon onself that is not desired
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liquidate
to settle the affairs of a bussiness
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magnate
an important or waelthy person in a bussiness.
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misnomer
a name that does not fit.
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onerous
burdensome, oppressive
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pandemonium
great confusioon or uproar
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quixotic
romantic and idealistic, but impracticle
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tenacious
holding fast, persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual.
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vestige
a trace of something that once was present
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zephyr
a light, gentle breeze
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attest
to declare that somehting is true or accurate.
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axiom
a statement requiring no proof because the statememt is ovious
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churlish
lacking good manners, rude
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concoct
to make up, prepeare or invent
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derivative
something that comes from an earlier form or condition.
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differentiate
to see that difference
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disparage
to criticize in a negative, disrespectful manner.
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dissipate
to dissapear,
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esoterec
not normally known or understood
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olfactory
relating to the sense of smell
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plethora
too great a number, an excess
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refurbish
to make like new, to renovate.
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secrete
to produce or give off
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vagary
an unpredictable action
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volatile
evaporation quickly.

english vocab 10th grade (5 decks)

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