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honors english

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Definition
Auspicious   favorable, promising for the future  
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Assuage   to soothe, to make less severe, to satisfy, lesson  
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Apprehension   suspicion or fear of future trouble  
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Benign   harmless, kind  
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Condescend   to patronize, lower one self  
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Diminutive   saying little  
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Evasion   act of evading  
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Fractious   annoying  
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Furor   violence, unrestrained anger  
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Illicit   illegal  
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impertinence   rude, not showing proper respect  
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indigenous   native to an area  
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irk   to irritate, annoy  
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malevolent   having or showing a wish to do evil to others  
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mediate   intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement  
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minute   extremely small  
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morbid   characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, esp. death and disease  
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mortify   to cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or  
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murmur   a soft, indistinct sound made by a person or group of people speaking  
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nebulous   in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy  
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Predilection   a preference or special liking for something  
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Taciturn   saying little  
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Unanimous   fully in agreement  
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Unfathomable   difficult or impossible to understand  
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Vex   to make someone feel annoyed  
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