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Unit 1, 2, & 3 Vocab
Dr. Brown!
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English
9th Grade
02/03/2011

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fortitude
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courage in facing difficulties
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gape
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to stare with open mouth
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gibe
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to utter taunting words
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guise
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an external appearance; mask, cover
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insiduous
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intended to decieve or entrap; sly, treacherous
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intimation
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a hint; indirect suggestion
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opulent
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wealthy, luxorious, ample
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adulterate
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to corrupt; to make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
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ambidextrous
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equally skillful with each hand
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augment
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to make larger, increase
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bereft
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deprived of, made unhappy through a loss
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deploy
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to position or arrange; to utilize, to form up
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dour
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stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored
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adroit
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skillful; expert in the use of hands or mind
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amicable
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peacable, friendly
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averse
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having deep-seated disaste; opposed, unwilling
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belligerent
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given to fighting; warlike. combative, aggressive. one at war or engaged in war.
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benevolent
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kind, charitable
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cursory
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hasty; not thorough
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duplicity
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treachery; decietfulness
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extol
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to praise extravagently
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feasible
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possible, able to be done
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grimace
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a wry face; facial distortion
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holocaust
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large-scale destruction esp. by fire
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impervious
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not affected or hurt by
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impetus
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a moving force, stimulus
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pliable
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easily bent, flexible
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reiterate
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to say again, repeat
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stolid
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not easily moved mentally or emotionally
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tentative
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experimental in nature, uncertain
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unkempt
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not comed, untidy, unpolished
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verbatim
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word for word, exact
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warily
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cautiously, with great care
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jeopardy
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danger
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meticulous
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extremely careful, particular about details
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nostalgia
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longing for something past, homesickness
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quintessence
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the purest essence or form of something
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retrogress
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to move backard, to return to an earlier condition
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scrutinize
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to examine closely
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tepid
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lukewarm, unenthusiastic
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adversary
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an enemy or opponent
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alienate
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to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile
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artifice
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a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick
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coerce
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to compel, to force
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craven
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cowardly, a coward
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culinary
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of or related to the kitchen
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delete
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to erase, cut out
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demise
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a death, especially of a lofty person
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exhilirate
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to enliven, give spirit or liveliness to
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fallow
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plowed but not seeded, inactive, reddish-yellow
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harass
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to disturb, worry. trouble
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inclement
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stormy, harsh. severe in attitude or action
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muse
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to think about in a dreamy way or ponder
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perpetuate
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to make permanent or long lasting
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precedent
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an example that may serve as a basis or imitation for later action
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punitive
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inflicting or aiming at punishment
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redress
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to set right
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sojourn
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a temporary stay
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urbane
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refined in manner or style, suave
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