Vocabulary Lesson #22 (Definitions 10 Seconds)

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transcended

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surpassed, exceeded

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recalcitrant

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very stubborn, refusing to obey, unruly

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approbation

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official approval, praise, commendation

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dissemble

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to disguise, to pretend

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boorish

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rude or insensitive; ill-mannered

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emulate

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to imitate or strive to equal

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jingoist

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a person who professes extreme patriotism, often favoring aggressive foreign policy

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indigence

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a state of extreme poverty

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prostration

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the act of lying stretched out on the ground, often in submission or exhaustion

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tacit

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understood or implied without being stated