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Vocabulary
Unit 4 - 6
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English
8th Grade
01/16/2013

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abscond
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to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution
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ancillary
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subordinate; subsidiary
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arbitrary
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subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion
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arduous
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requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult
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atone
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to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender
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audacious
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extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless
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auspicious
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promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable
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autocratic
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pertaining to or of the nature of autocracy or of an autocrat; absolute
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blithe
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joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful
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brazen
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shameless or impudent
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capricious
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subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic
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chasm
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a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge
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convoluted
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convoluted
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craven
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cowardly; contemptibly timid
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credible
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capable of being believed; believable
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cursory
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going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty
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daunt
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to overcome with fear; intimidate
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deferential
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showing deference; deferent; respectful.
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defray
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to bear or pay all or part of
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destitute
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without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter.
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diligent
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constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything
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disabuse
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to free (a person) from deception or error
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doleful
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sorrowful; mournful; melancholy
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fastidious
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excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
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fortuitous
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happening or produced by chance; accidental
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impede
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to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder
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incessant
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continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise
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incorrigible
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not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform
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indigent
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lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished
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indolent
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having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
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intrepid
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resolutely fearless; dauntless
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latent
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present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential
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lucid
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easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible
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morose
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gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood
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obstinate
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firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty
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perfunctory
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performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial
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pompous
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characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance
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prattle
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to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble
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pretentious
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making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious
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propitious
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presenting favorable conditions
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reprieve
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to delay the impending punishment or sentence of
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reproach
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to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
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revile
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to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively
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sardonic
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characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering
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succumb
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to give way to superior force; yield
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supplant
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to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like
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supple
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bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible
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tenacious
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holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold
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truculent
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fierce; cruel; savagely brutal
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vilify
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to speak ill of; defame; slander
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