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Unit 14
Vocabulary Classical Roots C
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English
8th Grade
04/19/2012

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Term
Complicity
Definition
Participation with another in an act that is deceitful
Term
Duplicity
Definition

Deceitful double-dealing;

Doubleness

Being physically or numerically double;

Term
Explicate
Definition
To make clear
Term
Explicit
Definition

Denfinite;

outspoken

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Exploit
Definition

A heroic deed;

To use to the greatest advantage;

to make use of selfishly;

to publicize

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Imply
Definition

To indicate indirectly;

to hint;

to require as a necessary condition

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Ploy
Definition
A tactic to frustrate, embarrass, or gain an advantge or an opponent
Term
Ply
Definition

To use a tool or weapon vigorously;

to offer something persistently;

The thickness of something;

Wood layered with croswise grain

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Supplicate
Definition

To ask humbly for;

to beseech

Term
Apprehend
Definition

To arrest;

to understand;

to anticipate with anxiety

Term
Comprise
Definition

To consist of;

to contain

Term
Entrepreneur
Definition

A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for business ventures;

businessman

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Impregnable
Definition

Strong enough to resist an attack on a fortress;

not to be overcome in an argument

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Reprehend
Definition

To reprove;

to express disapproval

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Reprisal
Definition
An act of retaliatrion against someone for injuries recieved
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