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9th Grade
05/17/2010
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Beget
 Definition
To produce; Make happen
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Educe
 Definition
To draw out; Bring out
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Glean
 Definition
To collect bit by bit; to gather with patient labor
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Chafe
 Definition
To wear or irritate; often through rubbing or friction
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Effrontery 
 Definition
Shameless; boldness
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Imbibe
 Definition
To drink
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Feign 
 Definition
To pretend
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Desist
 Definition
To stop; discontinue
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Allude
 Definition
to hint at; to refer to inderectly
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Elite
 Definition
the choice members or best of a group
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Bilk
 Definition
to cheat; or swindle; to thwart
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Homily
 Definition
a sermon
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Demise
 Definition
death; ceasing to exist
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Emit
 Definition
to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light
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Decadence
 Definition
moral deterioration
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Aghast
 Definition
feeling great dismay or horror
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Granary
 Definition
a storehouse for grain
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Choleric
 Definition
easily angered
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Impede
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to hinder; obstruct
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Qualm
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a feeling of uneasiness
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Lampoon
 Definition
a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone
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Fabricate 
 Definition
to concoct; to make a story in order to deceive
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Nacissistic
 Definition
conceited; having excessive self love or admiration
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Eradicate
 Definition
to wipe out; to destroy
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Ghastly
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horrible; frightful
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Fallible
 Definition
capable of error
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Blatant
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obvious; too conspicuous
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Dawdle
 Definition
to waste time
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Affiliate
 Definition
an associate; partner
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fawn
 Definition
to act slavishly submissive
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calumny
 Definition
a false and malicious accusation
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berate
 Definition
to scold or rebuke severely and at length
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minion
 Definition
a fawning; servile follower
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desolate
 Definition
lonely; forlorn; uninhabited;barren
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Bane
 Definition
the cause of ruin; harm; distress or death
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pacify
 Definition
calm down
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garble
 Definition
to mix up or distort
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prevaricate
 Definition
to lie
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filch
 Definition
to steal
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neophyte
 Definition
a beginner
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flagrant
 Definition
glaringly bad, outrageous
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Patrician
 Definition
an aristocrat
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emissary
 Definition
on sent on a special mission to represent
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kindred
 Definition

having a similar origin, nature or character

 
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fracas
 Definition
a loud quarrel or fight
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lacerate
 Definition
to tear (flesh) jaggedly
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futile
 Definition
useless, pointless
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immaculate
 Definition
spotless, perfect
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gait
 Definition
manner or walking
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carp
 Definition

to complain or to find fault in a petty

or nagging way
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query
 Definition
to ask; inquire
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queue
 Definition
a line of people of vehicles
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nefarious
 Definition
very wicked; notorious
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genesis
 Definition
a beginning origin
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facade
 Definition
a deceptive outward appearance, a misrepresentation
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