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Unit 9-A
Here are the first 10 vocabulary words for this unit!
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English
9th Grade
11/17/2008

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Allocate (v.)

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 to set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute

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Ardent (adj.)

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very enthusiastic, impassioned

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assiduous (adj.)

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persistent, attentive, diligent

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brash (adj.)

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prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent

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capricious (adj.)

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subject to whims or passing fancies

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chastise (v.)

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to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely

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copious (adj.)

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abundant; plentifull; wordy, verbose

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deviate (v.)

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(v.) to turn aside; to stray from a norm

(n.) one who departs from the a norm

(adj.) differing from a norm, heterodox, uncoventional

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emaciated (adj.)

 

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unnaturally thin

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exult (v.)

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to rejoice greatly

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