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Vocabulary (section 3)
60-80 words
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English
9th Grade
10/11/2009

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Term
augment 
Definition
to add to; to increase; to make bigger
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compacent
Definition

smug; self-satisfied; pleased with oneself; contented to a fault

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guile
Definition

cunning; duplicity

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squander
Definition
to waste
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incessant
Definition
unceasing; never-ending
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laudable
Definition
worthy of praise
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deter
Definition

to prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something

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redundant
Definition
repetitive; unnecessary; excessively wordy
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infamous
Definition

shamefully wicked; having (and deserving) and extremely bad reputation; disgraceful

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provocative
Definition
exciting; attracting attention
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depravty
Definition
moral corruption
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graviy
Definition
seriousness (second meaning)
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banal
Definition
unoriginal; ordinary
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extol
Definition
to praise
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euphony
Definition
pleasant sound (opposite of cacophony)
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deride
Definition

to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously

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insipid
Definition
dull; banal
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austere
Definition

unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money

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heresy
Definition

an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs

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expedite
Definition
to make faster and easier
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