English 3 Vocab Final #1

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Apathetic

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Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

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Aversion

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A strong dislike or disinclination

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Circuitous

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A route or journey longer than the most direct way

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Devoid

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Entirely lacking or free from

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Efface

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Erase (a mark) from a surface

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Fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance rather than design

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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Imperceptibly

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Impossible to perceive

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Incisive

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Intelligently analytical and clear thinking

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Incontrovertible

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Not able to be denied or disputed

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Insubordination

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Defiance of authority; refusal to obey orders

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Lethargic

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Sluggish, and apathetic

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Nomenclature

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The body or system of names in a particular field

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Peerless

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Unequaled; unrivaled

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Pompous

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Affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self important

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Stagnate

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Having no current or flow often having an unpleasant smell

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Susceptible

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Easily susceptible

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Vexations

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A cause of annoyance

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Eulogy

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Words of praise for someone who has died

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Euphemisms

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Pleasant word substituted for a harsh one

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Euphonious

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Having a pleasant sound

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Irrational

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Not rational, crazy

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Irresistible

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Not able to be resisted

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Irreverent

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Not reverent

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Panacea

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A cure all

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Pandemonium

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Wild disorder or noise

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Pantheon

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Temple for all the gods

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Insomnia

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An abnormal inability to sleep

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Somnambulate

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The act of sleep walking

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Somnolent

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Inducing drowsiness

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Accolades

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Verbal praise

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Behooves

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To greatly benefit

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Clandestine

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Secret

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Demise

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Downfall

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Elicit

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To draw forth or bring out

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Furtive

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Done quickly & with stealth as to not be noticed

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Idioms

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Slang

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Imposition

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A burden or duty

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Insurgents

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Rebel or oppositional force

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Listless

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Lacking enthusiasm

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Nonchalance

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Lack of interest or concern

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Opaque

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Not allowing through

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Perceptive

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Quick to figure things out

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Prolific

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Producing much

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Stultifying

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Useless or ineffectual

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Sycophants

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Self seeking

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Trepidation

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Fear and hesitation

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Vicarious

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Living through someone's experience

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Chronic

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All the time

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Chronograph

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Time measuring device

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Synchronous

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At the same time

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Posterity

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Those who come after

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Postmortem

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After death

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Postpones

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Put off until after something else

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Microbes

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Small organisms

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Microcosm

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Small world representing a large one

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Microscope

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An instrument to examine small objects

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Inane

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Lacking sense

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Inexorable

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Not to be changed, unrelenting

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Jargon

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Specialized vocabulary of a group

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Alleviate

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Easier to endure

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Consternation

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Sudden amazement or dread

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Eloquence

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Fluent forceful speach

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Gaunt

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Unhealthily skinny

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Illiterate

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Unable to read or write

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Inadvertent

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Not done on purpose/careless

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Incorrigible

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Unchangeable usually in a negative way

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Inured

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Accustomed to

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Manifest

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Clear or obvious

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Obscure

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To hide or make seem less important

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Opportunist

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One who takes advantage with out regard for morality

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Perfidy

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Treachery or betrayal of trust

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Quandary

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A state of uncertainty and dilemma

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Subliminal

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Subconscious, not perceived by the conscious

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Succinct

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Clear and brief

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Tacit

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Suddenly understood

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Trite

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Worn out and over used

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Vindictive

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Revengeful & spiteful

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Astrology

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Study of the stars having an influence on human destiny

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Astronauts

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Space travelers

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Astronomy

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Scientific study of the universe beyond earth

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Geocentric

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Having earth as the center

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Geochronic

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Relating to geological time decisions

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Geology

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The study of rocks

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Spectacle

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A show

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Spectacular

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Thrilling

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Spectator

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Someone who watches

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Magnificence

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Splendor or richness

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Magnify

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To make great

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Magnitude

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Physical greatness

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Meandering

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Wandering and round about

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Obsolete

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Old; not in use; outdated

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Ostentatious

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Showy; obnoxious

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Perfunctory

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Superficial

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Rancor

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Continuing or bitter hate or ill will

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Subtle

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Not obvious

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Omnipresent

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Present everywhere

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Omniscient

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All knowing

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Omnivorous

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Eating everything

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Ameliorate

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To make better or improve

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Candid

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Frank or brutally honest

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Contemptuous

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Scornful

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Elucidate

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To make clear

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Gratuitous

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Freely given

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Illusory

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Deceptive

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Taciturn

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Shy; quiet; habitually silent

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Patriarch

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Male head of the family

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Patricide

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To kill one's father

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Euphony

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A pleasing sound

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Polyphony

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Many sounds

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Symphony

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A harmony of sounds

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Truculent

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Fierce or savage

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Voraciously

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Greedily

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Calligraphy

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Elegant handwriting

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Geography

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To study and record the earth and its people

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Photographs

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Pictures

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Antecedents

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Ancestors

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Antedate

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Pre-date; existed before; come before in time

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Anterior

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Toward the front

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Paternity

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Fatherhood