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vocab week 9

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stringent   strict  
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capricious   changable  
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fickle   changable  
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whimsical   changable  
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mercurial   changeable  
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caprice   changeableness  
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capriciousness   changeableness  
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oscillate   to swing between the two different opinions  
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slavish   1. lacking in creativity2. of a slave; lacking in independence  
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intrigue   1. to arouse great interest or curiosity of2. to make and carry out secret plan/ plot  
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collude   to conspire  
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intrigue   conspire  
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forsake   to give up; abandon  
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forsaken   abandoned  
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farlorn   abandoned  
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derelict   abandoned  
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forgo   to give up pleasure; to do without  
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forego   to precede  
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antecede   to precede  
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waive   to give up a right  
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abdicate   to give up high office  
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abjure   [to force] to give up a cause, faith, etc  
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relinquish   to give up possessions; to surrender  
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augment   to increase  
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deplete   to use up  
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replete   to fill with abundantly fed  
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expedient   usefulness  
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futile   useleess  
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futility   usefulness  
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expediate   to speed up; to help the progress of  
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expeditious   quick and efficient; prompt  
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expatiate   to speak or write in detail and at length  
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expiate   to pay for the sin, etc  
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arbitrary   1. random2. dictatorial  
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plausible   reasonable  
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implausible   unreasonable  
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hermetic   1. airtight2. not easily influenced  
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acquit   to declare not guilty  
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incriminate   to accuse someone w/ crime  
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inculpate   to accuse someone with crime  
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exculpate   to free from charge  
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culpable   blameworthy  
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culpa   crime  
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culprit   criminal  
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transgressor   a criminal  
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perpetrator   criminal  
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malefactor   criminal  
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transgress   1. to break the law2. to go beyond  
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ingress   enterentrance  
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egress   to exitan exit  
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perpetrate   to commit a crime  
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perpetual   eternal  
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perpetuate   to keep from being forgotten; to make or become perpetual  
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manufacture   to make or do  
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facsimile   fax  
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facile   easily made, done, or obtained  
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facilitate   to make easy  
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felicitate   to congratulate  
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felicity   great happiness; bliss  
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felicitous   [remark] well-chose; ape; appropriate  
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exonerate   to free from the alleged guilt  
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posthumous   happening afer death  
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benevolence   mercy  
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benevolent   merciful  
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clement   1. merciful2. [weather] mild  
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clemency   being mercy  
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inclement   1. not merciful2. not mild  
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drivel   a silly nonsense  
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catagorical   absolute  
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seedy   dirty  
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sordid   dirty  
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filthy   dirthy  
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squalid   dirty  
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squalor   noun for squalid  
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immprovident   having no foresight; wasteful w/o considering the future needs  
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prolific   producing much  
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proliferate   to produce much  
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vivacious   lively  
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vivacity   liveliness  
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valliant   brave  
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valorous   brave  
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gallant   brave  
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mettlesome   brave  
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stalwart   brave  
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game   brave  
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valor   bravery; courage  
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gallantry   bravery; courage  
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mettle   bravery; courage  
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temerity   bravery; courage  
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nerve   bravery  
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fortitute   bravery  
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bravado   bravery  
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aloof   apart; unfriendly  
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afoot   in process; being prepared for  
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obscure   hidden; darkto hide; to darken  
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sporadic   happening here and there occasionally  
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variegated   marked irregularly w/ different colored patches; various  
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multifarious   many and various  
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nultifaceted   having many different aspect  
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inveterate   established over a long period of time  
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ingrain   established over a long period of time  
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deep-seated   established over a long period of time  
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deep-rooted   established over a long period of time  
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innate   born with  
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congenital   born with  
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inborn   born with  
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prosaic   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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banal   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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pedestrian   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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ponderous   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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vapid   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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drab   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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flat   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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trite   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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trivial   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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commonplace   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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hackneyed   dull and uninteresting; too common  
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pedestrian   [writing] dull and unintesting; too common w/o originality  
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ponderous   1. heavy and bulky2. dull and uninteresting  
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preponderant   greater in significance, importance, size, weight, etc  
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preponderate   to be greater in significance, etc  
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hackneyed   [phrase] time-worn; repeated too often; too common  
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threadbare   clothe  
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magnanimous   very generous  
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embellish   to decorate  
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embroider   to decorate  
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bedeck   to decorate  
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invest   to decorate  
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adorn   to decorate  
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veneer   to decorate  
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drape   to decorate  
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garnish   to decorate  
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ornament   to decorate  
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florid   decorative; decorated  
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ornate   decorative; decorated  
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flamboyant   decorative; decorated  
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invest   1. to decorate2. to givce formal power, authority, etc to a ruler with appropriate symbols3. to put clothes on  
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investiture   formal ceremony of giving poewr, etc to a ruler  
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facade   1. fontal face of a building* 2. false appearance  
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drape   to coverto decorate  
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frill   decoration  
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garish   overly bright, colored, or decorated to an annoying degree  
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flamboyant   decorative in speech, etc  
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severe   simple and plain in design  
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austere   simple and plainvery strict and severe in spending, consuming, etc  
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homely   simple and plainnot good-looking  
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chaste   simple and plain  
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comely   pleasant to look at  
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