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WL 7
Vocab/Roots
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English
10th Grade
12/06/2009
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Ambulatory
 Definition
able to walk (adj)
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Circumvent
 Definition
to go around or bypass; to avoid by anticipating or outwitting (v)
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Cuckold
 Definition
man whose wife has been unfaithful (n)
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Didactic
 Definition
intended for instruction; instructive (adj)
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Effrontery
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shameless or impudent boldness (n)
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Ethereal
 Definition
delicate; light and airy; heavenly (adj)
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Exigencies
 Definition
pressing needs; urgencies (n)
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Gargoyle
 Definition
grotesquely carved figure (n)
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Hirsute
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hairy (adj)
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Incantation
 Definition
formula of magic words (n)
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Malfeasance
 Definition
wrongdoing by a public official (n)
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Naiad
 Definition
water nymph (n)
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Pontificate
 Definition
speak in a boasting manner (v)
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Pyromaniac
 Definition
person with a compulsion to start fires (n)
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Sapient
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wise (adj)
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Technique
 Definition
method (n)
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Sapere
 Definition
to be wise
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Pyros
 Definition
fire
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