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Vocabulary Workshop (Enhanced Edition): Sadlier-Oxford: Level E
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English
9th Grade
09/05/2011

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reiterate
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to say again, repeat
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fortitude
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courage in facing difficulties
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warily
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cautiously, with great care
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pliable
Definition
easily bent, flexible; easily influenced
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augment
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to make larger, increase
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insidious
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intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous
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bereft
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deprived of; made unhappy through a loss
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gape
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to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide
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adversary
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an enemy, opponent
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amicable
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peaceable, friendly
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averse
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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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alienate
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to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
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cursory
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hasty, not thorough
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artifice
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a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; clever skill; trickery
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extol
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to praise extravagantly
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coerce
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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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of or related to cooking or to the kitchen
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delete
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to erase, wipe out, cut out
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impetus
Definition
a moving force, impulse, stimulus
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demise
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a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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meticulous
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extremely careful; particular about details
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exhilarate
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to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
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quintessence
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the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
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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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to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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inclement
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stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
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muse
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to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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negligible
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so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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perpetuate
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to make permanent or long lasting
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precedent
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an example that may serve as a basis for imitation
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punitive
Definition
inflicting or aiming at punishment
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redress
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(v.) to set right, remedy
(n.) relief from wrong or injury
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sojourn
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(n.) a temporary stay
(v.) to stay for a time
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urbane
Definition
refined in manner or style, suave
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