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Vocabulary Unit 1 & 2
Mrs. Kline's English Honors vocabulary words
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English
9th Grade
08/20/2008

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preclude
Definition
(v.)
prevent; make impossible in advance; to shut out, exclude
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retribution
Definition
(n.)
payback; punishment for a misdeed
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accost
Definition
(v.)
to greet, especially in an aggressive way
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afflict
Definition
(v.)
to distress with continued suffering or sickening
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explicit
Definition
(adj.)
clearly stated
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recoil
Definition
(v.)
to draw back; stagger back
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termination
Definition
(n.)
end
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subside
Definition
(v.)
settle down; become less active or intense
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impunity
Definition
(n.)
freedom from consequences
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immolation
Definition
(n.)
destruction
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immolate
Definition
(v.)
to sacrifice; especially to kill as a sacrifice
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virtuoso
Definition
(n.)
1. skill in a particular field/technique
2. connoisseur, collector
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palpable
Definition
(adj.)
able to be touched or felt; noticeable; discernible
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indolent
Definition
(adj.)
lazy, idle
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bizarre
Definition
(adj.)
odd in appearance
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naive
Definition
(adj.)
unsophisticated
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scruples
Definition
(n.)
misgivings about something one feels is wrong
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blandly
Definition
(adv.)
in a mild and soothing manner
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grotesque
Definition
(adj.)
having a strange, bizarre design
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futile
Definition
(adj.)
hopeless
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palatial
Definition
(adj.)
as luxurious as a palace; like a palace
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precipitous
Definition
(adj.)
steep; sheer; of the nature of a precipice (as in a rock/cliff)
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marauders
Definition
(n.)
raiders; people who take goods by force
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medley
Definition
(n.)
mixture of things not usually found together
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condolence(s)
Definition
(n.)
expression(s) of sympathy with a grieving person's pain
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langour
Definition
(n.)
lack of vigor; weakness; weariness
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succor
Definition
(n.)
relief; aid; assistance
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doleful
Definition
(adj.)
melancholy; mournful
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declasse
Definition
(adj.)
reduced or degraded from one's social status/class; one who has been so reduced or degraded
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rueful
Definition
(adj.)
feeling sorrow or regret
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resplendent
Definition
(adj.)
shining brightly
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disheveled
Definition
(adj.)
disarranged and untidy
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profound
Definition
(adj.)
deep, intense
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dowry
Definition
(n.)
property/wealth that a women brought to her husband at marriage
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dowdy
Definition
(adj.)
shabby
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dispossess
Definition
(v.)
to deprive(someone) of a possession, as of a house or land; eject
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wretched
Definition
(adj.)
1. sunk in dejection; profoundly unhappy,
2. causing misery or grief
3. despicable; contemptible
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innate
Definition
(adj.)
1. native to or original with the individual; inborn; natural immediately in or from the mind or intellect rather than acquired by experience; intuitive
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redolent
Definition
(adj.)
full of or diffusing a pleasant fragance; odorous; often figuratively
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resign
Definition
(v.)
to give over(oneself, one's mind) as to fate or domination
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inconspicuous
Definition
(adj.)
attracting little attention; not readily noticeable; ordinary
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