Vocab 6- English 11b

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Beginning to exist, emerging

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nascent

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Indifferent or disdainful of intellectual values

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philistine

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Explain in detail, set forth

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expound

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Relating to the essential nature of something, real or actual.

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Intrinsic

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Powerful or wealthy person, a magnate

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mogul

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Intensely disliked or shunned.

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anathema

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clear-sighted, shrewd

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perspicacious

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A short, witty poem or saying

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epigram

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extremely generous, liberal in giving

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munificent

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sociable, concerned with good company and festivities

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convivial