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Vocab Unit 7
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English
11th Grade
02/13/2013

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abhor
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verb - to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
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amend
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verb - to change in a formal way; to change for the better
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buffet
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verb - to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty

noun - a slap blow
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chaos
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noun - great confusion, disorder
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commodious
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adj - roomy, spacious
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corrosive
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adj - eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
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discern
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verb - to see clearly, recognize
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extant
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adj - still existing; not extermined, destroyed, or lost
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implicate
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verb - to involve in; to connect with or be realted to
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inter
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verb - to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion
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martinet
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noun - a strict disciplinarian; a strickler for the rules
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obviate
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verb - to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of
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renegade
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noun - one who leaves a groups; a deserter, outlaw

adj - traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox
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reprehensible
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adj - deserving blame or punishment
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somber
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adj - dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit
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squalid
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adj - filthy, wretched, debased
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turbulent
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adj - disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy
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vociferous
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adj - loud and noisy; compelling attention
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voluminous
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adj - of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at greath length
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waive
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verb - to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer
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