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From the Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop book Level E
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English
10th Grade
01/19/2011

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Adulterate
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(v.) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
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Ambidextrous
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(adj.) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful
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Augment
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(v.) to make larger, increase
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Bereft
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(adj.) deprive of; make unhappy through a loss
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Deploy
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(v.) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
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Dour
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(adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy,
ill-humored
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Fortitude
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(n.) courage in facing dificulties
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Gape
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(v.) to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
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Gibe
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(v.) to utter taunting words; (n.) an expression of scorn
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Guise
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(n.) an external appearance, cover, mask
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Insidious
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(adj.) intended to decieve or entrap; sly, treacherous
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Intimation
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(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion
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Opulent
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(adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose
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Pliable
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(adj.) easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
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Reiterate
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(v.) to say again, repeat
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Stolid
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(adj.)Not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive
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Tentative
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(adj.) Expiremental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
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Unkempt
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(adj.) not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude
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Verbatim
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(adj., adv.) word for word; exactly as written or spoken
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Warily
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(adv.) cautiously, with great care
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Adroit
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(adj.) skillful, expert in the use of hands or mind
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Amicable
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(adj.) peaceable, friendly
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Averse
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(adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
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Belligerent
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(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war
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Benevolent
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(adj.) Kindly, charitable
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Cursory
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(adj.) hasty, not thorough
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Duplicity
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(n.) treachery, deceitfulness
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Extol
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(v.) to praise extravagantly
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Feasible
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(adj.) possible, able to be done
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Grimace
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(n.) a wry face, facial distortion; (v.) to make a wry face
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Holocaust
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(n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
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Impervious
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(adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or enterance
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Impetus
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(n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus
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Jeopardy
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(n.) danger
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Meticulous
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(adj.) extremely careful; particular about details
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Nostalgia
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(n.) a longing for something past; homesickness
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Quintessence
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(n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
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Retogress
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(v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
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Scrutinize
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(v.) to examine closely
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Tepid
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(adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
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Adversary
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(n.) an enemy, opponent
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Alienate
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(v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
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Artifice
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(n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
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Coerce
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(v.) to compel, force
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Craven
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(adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward
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Culinary
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(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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Delete
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(v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out
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Demise
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(n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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Exhilarate
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(v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
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Fallow
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(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed
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Harass
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(v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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Inclement
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(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
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Muse
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(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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Negligible
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(adj.)so unimportant it can be disregarded
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Perpetuate
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(v.) to make permanent or long lasting
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Precedent
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(n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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