This should be used to help you study and pass the vocabulary test on April 28th 2011.
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| speak, plead, or argue in favor of | ||
| guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | ||
| having more than one possible meaning; difficult to understand | ||
| uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow; fluctuation | ||
| making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou | ||
| noisy and disorderly, riot, uproar | ||
| intended to attract notice and impress others, show-off | ||
| vile, shameful, depravity | ||
| present or existing everywhere; omnipresent | ||
| capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; obvious, plainly seen , tangible | ||
| principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting | ||
| capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; easily influenced | ||
| set apart from others; remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude | ||
| seize and take control without authority and possibly with force | ||
| roundabout, not direct | ||
| abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity, fertile | ||
| empty, lacking contents | ||
| lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; insipid | ||
| Subject to individual will or judgement without restriction | ||
| marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; vigor or force | ||
| Apparently correct or true but actually wrong or false | ||
| unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; harmless | ||
| happening by luck, fortunate; produced by chance; accidental | ||
| to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench, mitigate | ||
| marked by active interest and enthusiasm, zeal |
