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RHHS - Vocab D
Unit 9
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English
9th Grade
10/22/2010

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Auxiliary
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(adj.) giving assistance or support;(n) a helper, aid
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Candid
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(adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed
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Cubicle
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(n.) a small room or compartment
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Drudgery
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(n.) work that is hard and tiresome
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Envoy
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(n.) a representative or messenger (as of government)
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Escalate
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(v.) to elevate; to increase in intensity
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Expedient
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(n.) a means to an end; (adj.) advantageous, useful
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Feign
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(v.) to pretend
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Flair
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(n.) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style
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Grievous
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(adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious
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Heterogeneous
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(adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse
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Horde
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(n.) a vast number (as of people); a throng
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Impel
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(v.) to force, drive forward
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Incredulous
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(adj.) disbelieve, skeptical
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Inscribe
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(v.) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
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Monologue
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(n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
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Prognosis
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(n.) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
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Rasping
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(adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; (n.) a harsh sound
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Repugnant
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(adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
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Scuttle
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(v.) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n.) a pail
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