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English I Words to Know Vocabulary
Just what the title says, words to know.
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English
9th Grade
03/28/2011

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Alienate
Definition

1. to cause someone to change his or her previously friendly or supportive attitude and become unfriendly or hostile.

2. To make someone feel they do not belong or share in something; to isolate

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Conjure
Definition

 

1. To perform magic and illusions

2. To call upon a supernatural being by reciting a spell (either literally or figuratively)

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Dappled
Definition
Marked with spots or patches of a different color; speckled
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Diabolical
Definition

1. Connected with the devil or devil workshop.

2. Extremely cruel or evil

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Gelatinous
Definition
Having a semi-solid form resembling gelatin
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Ignoramus
Definition
An offensive term that deliberately insults one's intelligence level, you ignoramus
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Inadequate
Definition
Failing to reach an expected or required level or standard
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Mailce
Definition

1. The desire to cause harm or see someone in pain.

2. Committing a crime that results in the harm of others without excusable cause.

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Microcosm
Definition
A miniature copy of something, especially when it represents or stands for something bigger
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Seclude
Definition

1. To remove someone from contact with others.

2. to make a place quiet or private by screening or isolating it.

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Tyrannize
Definition

1. To govern by with extreme cruelty and harshness

2. To treat someone in a cruelly unfair way

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Vicinity
Definition
An area near something else, such as a neighborhood or surrounding area.
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