Critical Vocabulary First 100 Words

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Abandonment

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A lack in restrain or inhibition

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Abdicate

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To relinquish or cede responsibility for

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Abject

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Miserable and submissive

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Aggregate

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Combined

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Algorithm

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Instructions carried out in a specific sequence

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Anomalous

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Unusual

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Apportionment

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Distribution

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Apprehension

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Fear or anxiety; dread

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Arrogate

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To assume authority unjustly

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Ascendate

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Rising in influence; on an upward path

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Ascendancy

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A rise in power or influence

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Atrocious

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Evil or brutal

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Autonomy

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Freedom from control; independence

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Avert

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To turn away

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Belatedly

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Done too late or overdue

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Blatently

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In an offensively, obvious unashamed manner

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Burgeoning

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Rapidly increasing or growing

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Caliber

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Level of ability

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Capacity

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Ability to hold or have something; function or role

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Cardinal

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Most important; prime

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Catalyst

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A substance that starts or speeds up a reaction

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Cede

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To yield or give away

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Circulate

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To move or travel around on a circular path

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Circumvent

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To bypass or go around

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Cleave

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Stick or adhere

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Composed

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Self-possesed, calm

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Comprise

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Contain

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Congenial

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Agreeable, pleasent

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Conjure

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To produce from nothing, as if by magic

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Copious

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Extensive

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Cull

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To take from a large quantity

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Defection

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The abandonment of one social or political group in favor of another

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Deforestation

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Deliberate cutting down and clearing of trees and forests

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Delinquency

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Shortcoming or misbehaivor

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Denote

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To name or give meaning to

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Deprecate

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To express disapproval

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Deteriorate

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Become worse; decline

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Diligence

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Consistent, through effort and dedication

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Disclaim

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To deny ones connection to; to distance oneself from

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Discord

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Disagreement or conflict

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Disposition

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Character or temperment

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Disputatious

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Argumentative; confrentational

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Dissipation

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Wasteful self-indulgence

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Distinction

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Difference in quality

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Divergence

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A difference or variation

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Divers

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Numerous

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Efficacy

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Effectiveness

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Elusive

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Difficult to find

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Emblem

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An identifying mark or symbol

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Enclave

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A distinct area within a larger area

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Engross

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To completely engage the attention or interest

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Establish

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To formally set up; institute

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Evidently

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Plainly, or obviously apparent from evidence or data

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Evince

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Reveal or give evidence of

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Expedience

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A self-interested means to an end

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Extropolation

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An estimate based on known information

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Extremity

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The outermost or farthest point or portion; the hand or foot

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Facade

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False or misleading appearance

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Faction

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An organized subgroup that disagrees with the larger group as a whole

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Factor

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Component or characteristic

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Fecundity

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Fertility, productive capability

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Ferment

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A state of violent, unpredictable change

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Flux

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Continual shift or change

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Formidable

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Difficult and intimidating

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Harbinger

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A person or thing that signals a future occurance

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Illumination

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Awareness or enlightenment

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Imminent

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About to happen; impending

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Imperative

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Of great importance; essential

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Impose

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To change or apply

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Indeterminate

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Not precisly known

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Infinitesimal

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Extremely small; microscopic

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Infringe

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To0 interfere with; violate

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Ingenious

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Cleverly inventive

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Injunction

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Court order forbidding a specific action

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Insuperable

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Impossible to overcome

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Intangible

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Unable to be fefined or understood

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Invest

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To grant or endow

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Invocation

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Prayer or incantation

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Latent

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Underlying; hidden

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License

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Unacceptably unrestrained behaivor

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Lucid

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Easily understood

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Mitigate

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To lessen

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Mundane

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Ordinary, common place

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Nascent

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emerging; development

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Nemesis

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A bringer of destruction, often as vengence

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Oblige

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To force or require

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Obstinacy

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Stubbornness

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Ostensibly

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Seemingly or outwardly

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Ostentatious

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Conspicuous and vulgar

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Pale

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A boundary or enclosed area

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Patent

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An official document granting ownership

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Pathos

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Something that evokes pity or sympathy

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Perennial

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enduring; long-lasting

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Pertinacity

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Firm; unyielding intent

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Perturbation

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Disturbance or agitation

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Pervade

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To spread or exist throughout

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Petulance

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Childish annoyance; sulkiness

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Plaintive

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Expressing saddness or sorrow

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Plausibility

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Likelihood; believability

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Posterity

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Future generations