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Word Wealth Part 2 Unit 6
Word Wealth Test
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English
10th Grade
01/17/2013

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abstain
Definition
to refrain, keep oneself from
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abstemious
Definition
person eats sparingly or moderately
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refrain
Definition
keep from acting
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forbear
Definition
self-restraint growing out of patience
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desist
Definition
to cease doing something
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alienate
Definition
to make hostile or unfriendly, to estrange
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alienation
Definition
estrangement from persons to whom one was once attached
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assess
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to estimate; to impose a tax, fine or payment
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appraise
Definition
set a price or value upon
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evaluate
Definition
estimate
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assimilate
Definition
to absorb, incorporate, make or become like or part of ( that which incorporates it)
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cajole
Definition
to coax or wheedle, persuade by flattery
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concede
Definition
to admit, yield, grant
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condescend
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to come down to another's level, deign
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patronizing
Definition
show favor or kindness
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deprecate
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to disapprove, protest against
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imprecate
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curse
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dissipate
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to dispel, waste, live dissolutely
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elicit
Definition
to draw forth (information)
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educe
Definition
draw or lead forth
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extract
Definition
drag or pull info out
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extort
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reply is to use threats, force, or unusual pressure
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emaciate
Definition
to make very lean
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exasperate
Definition
to irritate thoroughly, infuriate
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asperity
Definition
harshness in manner
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acerbity
Definition
sharper, more bitter
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altercation
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an angry dispute or quarell
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dissension
Definition
strong feeling against
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litigation
Definition
legal disput
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imbroglio
Definition
confused entanglement or disagreement
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anguish
Definition
intese suffering
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tribulation
Definition
prolonged misery
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purgatory
Definition
prolonged expiation and purification
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apparition
Definition
specter or phantom, a sudden appearing
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banshee
Definition
female spirit
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barrage
Definition
a shower (of artillery fire), a heavy onslaught
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salvo
Definition
burst of fire from small arms or artillery, or burst of cheers or applause
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fusillade
Definition
discharge of many firearms
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clairvoyant
Definition
one who has unusual or preternatural insight
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preternatural
Definition
beyond what is natural or normal
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duplicity
Definition
double-dealing deception
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facade
Definition
the front or face
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holocaust
Definition
widespread destruction, especially by fire
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conflagration
Definition
very large fire
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