Theodore Boone Vocabulary-1

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Empathy

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understanding and entering into another's feelings

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spurious

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plausible, but false

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confound

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be confusing or perplexing to; surprising

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archaic

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so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

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acquiesce

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agree or express agreement

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vilify

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spread negative information about

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hackneyed

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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

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scrutinize

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examine carefully for accuracy

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Prosaic

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lacking wit or imagination

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abdicate

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give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors