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jr year- lesson 38 vocab

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abrogate   to abolish, to do away with  
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adamant   inflexible, immovable, obstinate  
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barbarism   the incorrect usage of words or forms of language  
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colloquial   informal (speech)  
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compatriot   a fellow countryman  
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defuse   to remove or to lessen danger or hostility  
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effrontery   extreme boldness, audacity  
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egregious   very bad, shocking, conspicuously bad  
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gambol   to playfully skip or leap  
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hemophilia   a hereditary disease where blood does not coagulate to stop bleeding  
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immunity   resistance (usually to a disease)  
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impale   to pierce, to fix on a pointed instrument  
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knotty   so complicated that it can probably not be solved; full of knots  
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libertarian   one who favors absolute liberty and free will  
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mired   stuck or entangled  
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noxious   harmful, unwelcome  
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palatable   agreeable to the taste, acceptable  
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palliate   to ease pain, guilt, or intensity  
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pallor   extreme paleness usually relating to the face  
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pernicious   very destructive or harmful, deadly  
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skulk   to move in a sneaky, furtive, or stealthy manner  
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tarry   to delay in coming or going, to linger  
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tawdry   cheap and gaudy in appearance  
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temerity   boldness that is foolhardy  
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utopian   having the characteristics of an ideally perfect place  
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