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Sadlier Oxford Level E Lesson 7
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10th Grade
08/21/2010

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discern
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to see clearly; recognize; distinguish
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extant
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still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost; surviving
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implicate
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to involve in; to connect with or be related to
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inter
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to bury, commit to the earth
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules; slave driver
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obviate
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to anticipate and prevent; to remove or dispose of
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renegade
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one who leaves a group, a deserter or outlaw; unconventional, unorthodox
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corrosive
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eating away gradually; acidlike, bitterly sarcastic; caustic
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commodious
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roomy, spacious, ample
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chaos
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great confusion or disorder; turmoil, anarchy
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buffet
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a slap or blow; to slap or cuff; thump
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amend
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to chance in a formal way for the better; modify
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abhor
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to regard with horror; to hate deeply; detest or despise
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waive
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to do without, give up voluntarily; defer, relinquish
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voluminous
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of great size; numerous; wriiing or speaking at great length; bulky or massive
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vociferous
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loud and noisy; compelling attention; uproarious
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turbulent
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disorderly, violent, stormy, unruly
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squalid
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filthy, wretched, debased; foul, dingy
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somber
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dark, cloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit; mournful
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reprehensible
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desserving blame or punishment; culpable, odious
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