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Week 3 Vocabulary augment - brawn
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English
11th Grade
01/31/2012
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augment
 Definition
to increase, make larger
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addle
 Definition
to become or make confused
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austere
 Definition
stern, severe, or uncompromising, unadorned
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averse
 Definition
against, not inclined to do something
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complacent
 Definition
smug and satisfied with oneself or one's accomplishments
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avuncular
 Definition
like an uncle
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awry
 Definition
wrong, amiss
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banal
 Definition
drearily commonplace, completely ordinary
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bellicose/belligerent
 Definition
warlike, a fighter, combative
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antebellum
 Definition
before the Civil War
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benefactor
 Definition
a charitable person
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benevolent
 Definition
kind
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benign
 Definition
gentle, not harmful
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malevolent
 Definition
malicious, evil
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malignant
 Definition
deadly
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blithe
 Definition
happy and carefree or thoughtlessly indifferent
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woe
 Definition
deep sadness
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bombast/bombastic
 Definition
pompous, grandiloquent writing or speech; description for pompous, inflated writing or speech
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supercilious
 Definition
arrogant, haughty or hateful
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brawn; brawny
 Definition
strong, well-formed muscles; having strong well-formed muscles
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