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Vocabulary 7
English 1 Honors: Vocabulary 7
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9th Grade
12/08/2008

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Vogue
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n.fashion; popularity
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Faction
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n. a group of people within a larger group, usually causing conflict or disagreement; a selfish or quarrelsome group
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Assay
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n. an analysis to determine composition
v. to put to a test; to attempt
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Taint
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n. a trace of something bad or harmful, or contamination or infection
v. to infect, corrupt, poision; to besmear
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Diverge
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v. to move or extend in different directions from a common point; to differ in opinion
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Inherent
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adj. inborn, basic, native
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Fiord
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n. a long, narrow inlet of the sea, with steep cliffs raising alongside
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Unremmiting
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adj. never stopping or slackening; constant
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Augment
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v. to increase; to make greater
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Subside
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v. to sink or fall to a lower level; to become less active; to wane
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Abstain
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v. to choose to do without; to refrain from
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Entomology
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n. the branch of zoology that deals with insects
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Tepid
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adj. slightly warm; lukewarm; lacking warmth of feeling or enthusiasm
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Prototype
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n. an origional model on which subsequent forms are based; a standard example
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Credence
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n. belief; acceptance as valid or true; validity
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Omnivorous
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adj. eating every kind of food, both animal and vegtable; eagerly taking in everything
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Idyll
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n. a short description of peaceful country life; a scene suitable for such a work
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Catharsis
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n. a purging; a purifying by ridding of emotions, espically through the experience of art
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Dissipate
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v. to spread in every direction; to waste
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Entity
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n. something with independant existance, either in actuallity or in one's mind; a discrete unit
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