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Vocabulary Chapter 6-9
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9th Grade
01/25/2009

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nepotism
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favoritism shown to family and friends by those in power, especially in business or hiring practice.
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begrudge
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to resent anothers sucess; to envy
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mandarin
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an influential person; a member of the elite group
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glutinious
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gluey, sticky
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enmity
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deep-seated hostility, often mutual
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declaim
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to speak in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering manner
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imbue
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to inspire or influence; to saturate
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gaff
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a pole with a large hook on one end
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quaff
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to drink in large quantities
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bibliophile
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a lover of books
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gird
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to prepare for an event or action
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daunt
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to make afraid; to discourage
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flux
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stateof continual change or movement
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hovel
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dity, wretched living place
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cadaverous
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of or like a corpse; pale, gaunt, thing
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gothic
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of the middle ages
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penury
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extreme poverty
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egress
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an exit; means of going out
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felicity
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happiness; bliss
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despot
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a dictator with absolute power
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beget
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to produce, to make happen
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educe
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to draw or bring out
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glean
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to collect bit by bit; to gather with patient labor
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chafe
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to wear or irritate, often through rubbing or friction
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effrontery
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shameless boldness
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imbibe
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to drink (especially) alcohol
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feign
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to pretend
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desist
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to stop; discontinue
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allude
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to hint at, to refer to indirectly
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elite
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the choice members or best at a group
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bilk
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to cheat or swindle; to thwart
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homily
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sermon
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demise
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death, ceasing to exist
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emit
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to send out; to give forth
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decadence
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moral deterioation
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aghast
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feeling dismay or horror
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granary
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a storehouse for grains
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choleric
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easily angered
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impede
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to hinder, to obstruct
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qualm
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a feeling of uneasiness
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lampoon
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a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone
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narcissistic
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conceited
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eradicate
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to wipe out; to destroy
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fabricate
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to concot; to make up a story in order to decive
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ghastly
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horrible, frightful
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