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Unit 1-11 review
units 1-11 of sadlier-oxford review these for finals
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English
11th Grade
06/11/2006

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Intercede
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to please on behalf of someone else; to serve as a go between in disagreement
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Hackneyed
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Used so often as to lack freshness ororiginality
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Approbation
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The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval or sanction
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expiate
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to make amends for; to ward off or avert
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expedite
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to make easy, cause to progress faster
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ascribe
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to assign or refer to (as a cause or source)
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enjoin
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to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authorative way, to prohibit
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adventitious
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resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or charecter; accidental, not essehntioa; (medicine) acquired, not congential
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ferment
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(n)a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence
(v) ti be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action
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cicuitous
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roundabout, not direct (adj)
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acculturation
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the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend
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comiserate
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to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress
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seditious
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resistant to lawful authority; haveing the purpose of overthrowing an established government
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tenuous
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thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of sight importance or signicance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported
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noncommittal
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not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear posotion or to say yes or no
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nominal
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existing in name only, not real, too small to be considered or taken seriously
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