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Oxford Unit 14 Level G Vocab
vocab words
21
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05/05/2005

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behemoth
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someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
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beatific
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beautiful blissful
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blandishment
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To coax by flattery or wheedling
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Cacohonous
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harshsounding raucous discordant dissonant
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Chicanery
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double dealing, trickery
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consign
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2 give order 2 anothers care charge or control to entrust deliver to set apart for secial use
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Coup
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highly sucessful stroke masterstroke, tour de force act plan or stratagem sudden take over of power or leadership
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euphemism
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a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasent one
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febrile
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feverish pertaining to or marked by fever, frentic
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gainsay
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2 deny contradict controvery ot dispute, to oppose
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imminent
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about to happen threatening
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innate
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natural inborn inherent built in
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loath
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unwilling reluctant disinclinded
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manifest
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clear evident 2 the eyes or mind 2 show plainly exhibit evina a list of cargo
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minutiae
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small or trivial details triffling matters
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moratorium
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suspension of activity of an offical waiting period
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moratorium
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suspension of activity of an offical waiting period
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nostrum
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alleged cure all a remedy or scheme of ?able effectiveness
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pariah
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one who is rejected by a social group or org>
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visonary
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not practical lacking realism
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wizened
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dry shrunken wrinkeled
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