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Unit 6 Vocabulary
Test Friday
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English
9th Grade
01/09/2012

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Atone
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(v) to make up for
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Bondage
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(n) slavery, any state of being held down.
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Credible
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(adj) believable
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Defray
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(v) to pay for ( used with the word help)
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Doleful
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(adj) sad, dreary
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Diligent
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(adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy
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Ghastly
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(adj) frightful, horrible; deathly pale
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Hamper
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(v) to hold back
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Hew
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(v) to shape or cut down with an axe; to hold to (hew to)
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Impoversished
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(adj) poor, in a state of poverty
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Incessant
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(adj) never stopping, going on all the time
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Intricate
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(adj) complicated, difficult to understand
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Lucid
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(adj) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
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Posthumous
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(adj) occuring or published after death
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Prim
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(adj) overly neat, precise, proper
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Sardonic
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(adj) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastically
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Superfluous
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(adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
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Supplant
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(v) to take the place of
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Taunt
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(v) to jeer at, to mock
(n) insulting or mocking remark
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Tenacious
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(adj) hold together firmly; persistent
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