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Vocab Lessons 6/7
6/7
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English
9th Grade
01/11/2007

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Fetter
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a chain or shackle placed on the feet; to chain or shackle, to render helpless or impotent
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Heinous
Definition
Very wicked, offensive, hateful
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Immutable
Definition
Not subject to change, constant
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Insurgent
Definition
One who rebels against authority; rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority
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Megalomania
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A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc.
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Sinecure
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A position requiring little or no work; an easy job
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Surreptitious
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Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud
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Transgress
Definition
To go neyond a limit or boundary; to violate a law
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Transmute
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To change from one nature, form, or substance to another
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Vicarious
Definition
Performed, suffered, or experienced by one person in place of another
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Austere
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Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury
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Beneficent
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Performing acts of kindess or charity, conferring benefits
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Cadaverous
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Pale, gaunt, resembeling a corpse
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Concoct
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To prepare by combining ingredients
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Crass
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Coarse, unfeeling, stupid
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Debase
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to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade
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Desecrate
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To commit sacrilege upon, to contaminate
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Disconcert
Definition
to confuse, to disturb the composure of
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Grandiose
Definition
Grand in an impressive or stately way
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Inconsequential
Definition
Trifling, unimportant
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Infraction
Definition
A breaking of a law or obligation
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Mitigate
Definition
To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
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Pillage
Definition
To rob of goods by open force, pluder; the act of looting
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Prate
Definition
To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
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Punctilious
Definition
Very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette
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Redoubtable
Definition
Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
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Reprove
Definition
To find fault with, scold, rebuke
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Restitution
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The act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position
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Stalwart
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Strong and sturdy, brave, resolute; a brace strong person
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Vulnerable
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Open to attack, capable of being wounded or damanged, unprotected
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