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Vocabulary Test
Units 3 & 4
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English
9th Grade
10/05/2008
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Plunder
 Definition
Take goods by force; loot
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Squall
 Definition
Brief; violent storm (at sea)
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Dispatch
 Definition
Finish quickly
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Mammoth
 Definition
Enourmous
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Titanic
 Definition
Of great size or strength
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Assuage
 Definition
Calm; pacify
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Bereft
 Definition
Deprived
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Ardor
 Definition
Passion; enthusiasm
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Insidious
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Characterized by craftiness and betrayal (negative)
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Guile
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Craftiness; cunning (positive)
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Mutinous
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Rebelious
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Prodigious
 Definition
Enourmous (size and proportion)
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Victuals
 Definition
Food or other provisions
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Whim
 Definition
Sudden thought or wish to do somthing
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Brace
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Pair
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Din
 Definition
Loud, continuous noise; uproar
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Sage
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Wise
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Pinioned
 Definition
Confined or shackled; to restrain or immobilize a person by binding the arms
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Libations
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Wine or other liquid poured upon the ground as a sacrafice to a god
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Cuirass
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Armor for the upper body
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Travail
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Very hard work
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Maelstrom
 Definition
Large; violent whirlpool
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Contrive
 Definition
Think up; devise
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Dissemble
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Conceal under a false appearance; disguise
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Lithe
 Definition
Supple; lumber
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Incredulity
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Inability to believe
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Bemusing
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Stupefying or muddling
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Glowering
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Staring with sullen anger; scowling
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Equity
 Definition
Fairness; impartiality; justice
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Maudlin
 Definition
Tearfully or foolishly sentimental
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Contempt
 Definition
Disdain or scorn; scornful feelings
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Oblation
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Offering to a god
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Shirk
 Definition
Avoid, shun, evade
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Haughty
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Arrogant
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Impudence
 Definition
Quality of being shamelessly bold; disrespectful
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Ruse
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The actual crafty devise
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Wile
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Craftiness; sly trick (quality)
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Revelry
 Definition
Boisterous festivity
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Abyss
 Definition
Ocean depths
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Prevail
 Definition
Triumph, win
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