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Unit 11
level G vocabulary workshop
7
English
9th Grade
05/14/2008

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Term

Abrogate

 

Ambient

 

Asperity

Definition

1. To declare null or void; to repeal, cancel

 

2. Completely surrounding, encompassing

 

3. Roughness, severity; bitterness

Term

Burnish

 

Cabal

 

Delectable

Definition

1. To polish, to make shiny or smooth by rubbing

 

2. A small group working in secret

 

3. Delicious; highly enjoyable

Term

Deprecate

 

Detritus

 

Ebullient

Definition

1. To belittle, to express mild disapproval

 

2. Loose bits and pieces of material resulting from wearing away; debris, ruins

 

3. Overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling

Term

Eclectic

 

Flaccid

 

Impecunious

Definition

1. Drawn from various sources; one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

 

2. Limp, lacking vigor or effectiveness

 

3. Having little or no money, penniless, impoverished

Term

Inexorable

 

Moribund

 

Necromancer

Definition

 1. Inflexible, beyond influence; unyielding, relentless

 

2. Dying, "on the way out"

 

3. One who claims to be able to influence/reveal the future through magic; a sorcerer

 

Term

Onerous

 

Rife

 

Rudiments

Definition

1. Burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

 

2. Common, prevalent, happening often; plentiful, abundant

 

3. The parts of any subject that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything, the fundamentals 

Term

Sequester

 

Winnow

Definition

1. To set apart, separate for a special purpose

 

2. To get ride of something unwanted, to delete; to sift through to obtain something desirable

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