Test 4 - Wed 6/10

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far-reaching

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adj. effecting many

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investigative

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adj. analyzing and searching for answers

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enervate

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v. to weaken

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bewilderment

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n. confusion

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proliferation

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n. the rapid growth and spread of

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burgeoning

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v. growing bigger

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deter

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v. to turn someone away from

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domesticated

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adj. no longer wild

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replicate

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v. to duplicate

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dominance

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n. being in a stronger position than; ruling over

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rituals

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n. ceremonial acts

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stalking

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v. following someone

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inanity

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n. lacking sense; frivolousness

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obscurity

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n. not well known

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ascendancy

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n. rising to the top

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xenophobic

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adj. fear of outsiders

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bolstered

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v. strengthened; supported

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repudiated

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v. to reject with condemnation

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lauded

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v. praised

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reiterated

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v. said again

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precarious

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adj. very delicate situation

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adroit

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adj. skilled

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extricate

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v. to remove

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lucrative

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adj. potential to earn lots of profit from

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disengage

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v. to stop interacting with

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capricious

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adj. whimsical; changeable

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beguile

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v. to trick through flattery

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compensated

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v. reimbursed; given money to make up for something

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ameliorate

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v. to improve

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circumvent

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v. to go around

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significance

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n. the importance of

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dominated

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v. to rule over

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stevedore

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n. a firm or individual engaged in loading or unloading vessels

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quartermaster

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n. military officer charged with providing quarters

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nomad

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n. a wanderer

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apothecary

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n. one who sells potions; pharmacist

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inducement

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n. an incentive to do something

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frugality

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n. wanting to save money and spend little

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procuring

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v. obtaining

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amenities

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n. features that provide comforts

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relinquished

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v. to let go of

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illiterate

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adj. cannot read or write

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acumen

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n. keen insight; shrewdness

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reciprocate

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v. to return in kind

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constituents

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n. one who is represented by another

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extirpate

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v. exterminate

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emissaries

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n. messengers

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acquiesced

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v. to give in to

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rudimentary

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n. basic or fundamental