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Vocabulary: Week 17
List of Vocabulary Words for Week Seventeen
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08/26/2012

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Akin (adj.)
Definition
1. Related by blood
2. Allied by nature; having the same properties
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Beget (v.)
Definition
1. To procreate or generate offspring
2. To cause or produce an effect
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Chasm (n.)
Definition
1. A fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface
2. A marked interruption or breach of continuity
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Fabulist (n.)
Definition
A liar
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Foray (n.)
Definition
1. A quick, sudden attack
2. An initial venture
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Heinous (adj.)
Definition
Hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible
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Pejorative (adj.)
Definition
Having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force
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Precipice (n.)
Definition
1. A vertical cliff with an overhanging face
2. A situation of great peril
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Ruse (n.)
Definition
A trick, stratagem or artifice
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Sanctimony (adj.)
Definition
Pretended, affected, or hypocritical devotion, righteousness, etc.
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