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  1. wrong information
    misinformation n
  2. bring back to rightness
    reform v
  3. giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding
    formative adj
  4. not apt or fitting
    inept adj
  5. very skillfull
    adept adj
  6. an inherant ability, skill
    aptitude n
  7. to assume the exsistance of; propose
    posit v
  8. to apply or make prevail as if by authority; dictate
    impose v
  9. ones usual mood or temprament
    disposition n
  10. something made up; fantasy
    figment n
  11. a cruel figure representing a hated group of people; mockery
    effigy n
  12. to suggest; imply; foreshadow
    prefigure v
  13. attractive in pictures of photogenic; attractive
    photogenic adj
  14. happening by good fortune; timely
    providential adj
  15. ghost or phantom;  illusion
    specter n
  16. hateful or spiteful; scandalous
    invidious adj
  17. allowing light to pass through
    translucent
  18. that which is expected
    prospect n
  19. easy to understand or clear
    lucid adj
  20. create without preparation or planning
    improvise v
  21. giving ofg light without heat
    phosphorescent adj
  22. tending to grow or move towards the light
    phototropic
  23. careful, mindful of consequences
    circumspect adj
  24. to make clear by explaining
    elucidate v
  25. easy to converse with; friendly
    affable adj
  26. a formal or authoritative statement
    dictum n
  27. an official order
    edict n
  28. to pronounce or articulate
    enunciate v
  29. to charge with a crime; accuse
    indict v
  30. unutterable, indescribable
    ineffable adj
  31. to call on for support
    invoke v
  32. a declaration of opinion; judgement
    pronouncement n
  33. causing disturbance or excitement
    provocative adj
  34. to reject by declaration
    renounce v
  35. to make invalid; deactivate
    revoke v
  36. childish; immature
    infantile
  37. to not do something; refrain
    abstain v
  38. to confuse and frustrate
    confoundv
  39. to use up; waste
    deplete v
  40. to put into action; execute
    implement v
  41. to inject; to fill something or someone with
    infuse v
  42. to get in the way of; hinder
    inhibit v
  43. to stop one from doing something; prevent
    prohibit v
  44. filled up with
    replete adj
  45. a group that attends an important person
    retinue n
  46. to fill up from within; too spread throughout
    suffuse v
  47. to support for an extended period of time
    sustain v
  48. stubbornly persistent; determined
    tenacious adj
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lexdelmonico
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lit unit 1
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