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Mrs. Marrs Vocab 7-8 Part 2: Words I Don't Get
This is for lesson 7-8 but more specifically for words that I have a hard time remembering
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English
11th Grade
01/15/2013

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aleatory
Definition
dependent on luck or chance
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asperity
Definition

roughness or harshness; severity

 

syn: acerbity; irascibility

 

ant: mildness; kindness

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inveigh
Definition
to disapprove angrily; to protest
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vitiate
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to corrupt morally; to contaminate

 

syn: defile; devalue; spoil

 

ant: purify; clarify; cleanse

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recalcitrant
Definition

stubbornly resistant; showing opposition

 

syn: defiant; insubordinate; unwilling

 

ant: agreeable; obedient

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ameliorate
Definition

to make better; to improve

 

syn: enhance; upgrade

 

ant: weaken; damage; corrupt

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profligate
Definition

wasteful and immoral

 

syn: licentious; decadent

 

ant: virtuous; principled

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inimical
Definition

unfriendly; hostile; injurious

 

syn: mean; malicious; harmful

 

ant: encouraging; flattering

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dilatory
Definition

tending to delay or procrastinate

 

syn: dallying; laggard; unhurried

 

ant: diligent; prompt

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entreat
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to earnestly request or petition
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anecdote
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a short account of an incident
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incumbent
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obligatory; necessary
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churlish
Definition
boorish or vulgar
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staid
Definition
showing dignity and often strait-laced propriety
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