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English Final

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Definition
Cede   To give up/surrender  
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Climactic   Most exciting/important  
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Deign   To do something that one believes is below him/her  
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Admonish   To caution against  
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Censure   To give strong dissaproval  
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Injunction   A warning  
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Despondent   Depressed  
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Abate   To reuce  
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Banter   Speaking teasingly  
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Accost   To approach someone with anger  
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Epithet   A word/phrase that describes someone/something  
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Brusque   Talking/acting unfriendly  
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Commiseration   Sympathy/sorrow  
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Decorum   Good manners  
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Deprecate   To show dissaproval  
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Demeanor   How one appears to others  
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Condone   To allow wrong behavior to continue  
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Benign   Kind/gentle in character  
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Glean   To gather bit-by-bit  
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Blithe   Happy and carefree  
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Manifold   Many and various  
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Purport   To claim to be  
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Vivacity   State of being happy and lively  
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Abet   To help a criminal  
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Bauble   Fake/cheap jewelry/decoration  
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Callow   Immature and inexperienced  
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Depcrepit   Old/poor health  
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Effaced   To erase  
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Lacerate   To cut/tear roughly  
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Malady   Sickness/illness  
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Neophyte   Someone has just begun learning something  
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Opulence   Wealth/riches  
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Paradox   Two contrasting things  
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Repose   To be at rest  
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Abase   To lower (in importance)  
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Circumscribe   To draw a line/shape around something  
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Embelish   To make beautiful with decorations  
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Debacle   Complete failure  
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Bilateral   Involving two groups  
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Sinious   Having many twists and turns  
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