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Sadlier Oxford Level D Lesson 4
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English
9th Grade
08/23/2010

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pliant
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bending easily; supple; flexible
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pompous
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overly self-important in speech and manner; pretentiouis
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precipice
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a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster; crag
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rectify
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to make right or correct
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reprieve
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a temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement
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revile
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to attack with words; denounce; villify
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daunt
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to overome with fear, intimidate, discourage
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disentable
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to free from tangles or complications
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fated
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determined in advance by destiny or fortune; preordained
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hoodwink
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to mislead by a trick, deceive, dupe
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inanimate
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not having life; dead; spiritless
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incinerate
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to burn to ashes; cremate
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intrepid
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very brave, fearless
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larceny
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theft; robbery
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abscond
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to run off and hide
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access
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approach or admittance to places, person, things; to get at, obtain
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anarchy
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a lack of government and law; chaos
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arduous
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hard to do; requiring much effort; difficult
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arduous
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hard to do; requiring much effort; difficult
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auspicious
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favorable; fortunate
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biased
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favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
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