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Vocab Two
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Marvel
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Old French "Wonderful" DF: Be filled with wonder or astonishment.
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Devour
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Old French "Swallow down, accept eagerly," from de- "down" DF: Consume (someone or something) destructively.
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Sustenance
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Latin "Nourishment" DF: Means of sustaining life; nourishment.
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Interposing
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Middle French inter- "among, between, betwixt, in the midst of" + poser "put in a certain position" DF: To introduce or throw in between the parts of a conversation or argument.
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Substitute
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Old French "one who acts in place of another" DF: A person or thing standing in place/ service of another.
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Gambol
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PIE "to bend" DF: An act of running or jumping about playfully.
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Sinew
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PIE "to bend" DF:A piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone; a tendon or ligament.
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Grotesque
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PIE "to conceal, hide" DF: Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
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Surreal
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French "beyond" + réalisme "realism" DF: Marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream; also: unbelievable, fantastic.
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Gibbous
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Late Latin "hump, hunch" DF: Having the observable illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.
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Mutation
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PIE "to change, go, move" DF: A change or alteration as in form of nature.
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Dolt
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PIE "dust, vapor, smoke" DF: A dull, stupid person; blockhead.
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Vigil
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PIE "be lively or active, be strong" DF: A period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, esp. to keep watch or pray.
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Erstwhile
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Middle English "soonest, earliest" DF: Former; of times past.
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Propagation
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Old French pro- “forth” + pag-, root of pangere “to fasten” DF: Multiplication by natural reproduction.
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Analgesic
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Greek "Pain" DF: A remedy that removes pain.
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Sojourn
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Latin sub- "under, until" + diurnus "of a day" DF: To stay for a time in a place; live temporarily.
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Dubious
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Old English "Doubt" DF: Hesitating or doubting.
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Pliable
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PIE "to plait, twist" DF: Easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
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Vicar
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Old French "change, turn, office" DF: A representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior. Can be specific to an clergyman/ priest.
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Fallible
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Latin "to trip, cause to fall" DF: Capable of making mistakes or being erroneous.
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Lugubrious
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PIE "to break, to cause pain" DF: Looking or sounding sad and dismal.
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Pious
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PIE "to purify, cleanse" DF: Devoutly religious.
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Fallow
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PIE "dark-colored, gray" DF: Inactive, long periods when nothing seems to happen.
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Sanctimoniousness
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Middle French "holy" DF: Making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness.
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