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Vocabulary Workshop Level 5 Unit 13 (1-10)
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12th Grade
04/23/2012

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Abet
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(v) to encourage, assist, aid support (especially in something wrong or unworth)
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Aver
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(v) to affirm, declare confidently, assert
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blatant
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(adj) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense
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broach
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(v) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject) ; to announce, introduce, to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid; (n) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping caks
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Buttress
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(v) to support, prop up, strengthn; (N) a supporting structure
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Carousal
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(n) noisy revelry or merry making (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking) dring bout, drunken revel
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Collate
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(v) to copare critically in order to note differences, similarites, etc; to arrange in order for some specific purpose
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disconsolate
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(adj) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation
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encumber
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(v) to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt ETC) to fill up, block up, hinder
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connoisseur
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(n) an expert, one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments espeically in one of the fine arts
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