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Vocabulary for College-Bound Students Group 4
for English 10
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English
10th Grade
11/03/2010

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Complex
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Having varied interrelated parts, hard to understand complicated, intricate
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consign
Definition
give, transfer,or deliver, hand over; commit
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Effrontery
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Shameless boldness; insolence; gall
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Excruciating
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Causing great pain or anguish agonizing; unbearable painful
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Forbearance
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abstaining, leniency; patience
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Hamper
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interfere with; hinder; impede
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Nettlesome
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irritating, causing annoyance or vexation (bothersome)
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Oblivious
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unmindful; not aware
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Prodigious
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Extraordinary in amount or size; enormous; gigantic
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Rejuvenate
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make young or youthful again; give new vigor to; reinvigorate; refresh
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Residue
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whatever is left after a part is taken, disposed of, or gone;

 Remainder; rest

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Salutary
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favorable to health; healthful; curative; beneficial
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Scrutinize
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examine very closely; inspect
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Supersede
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force out of use; displace; supplant; replace
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Sweltering
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oppressively hot; torrid (really, really hot)
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Unruffled
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not upset of agitated; calm; cool; unflustered
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Unwieldy
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hard to handle (wield) because of size or weight; unmanageable; bulky, cumbersome
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Withdraw
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1. to take back, remove

 2. draw back, go away; retreat; leave

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Zany
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having the characteristic of a clown, mildly insane; crazy; clownish
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Acquit
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 - relieve from an accusation (criminal charge)

- pronounce not guilty

- discharge; exculpate

 

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