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Wordly Wise Chapter 7
Vocabulary words from Chapter 7 of Wordly Wise.
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11th Grade
02/25/2012
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accrue
 Definition
be added periodically
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brevity
 Definition
shortness
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celerity
 Definition
speed
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composure
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self-control
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coterie
 Definition
intimate group of followers
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dissect
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carefully cut apart
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fatalism
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belief that events are not under man's own control
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fulgent
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dazzling
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gelid
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icy
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imbecile
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feebleminded person
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kayak
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Eskimo canoe
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miscenegation
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marriage between people of different races
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overweening
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undue
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promulgate
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proclaim
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sachet
 Definition
small bag
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strident
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shrill
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vortex
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whirlpool
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amorphous
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shapeless, noncrystalline
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bromide
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sedative, commonplace expression
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celibate
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chaste
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consanguinity
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kinship
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crustacean
 Definition
hard-shelled sea creature
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embrasure
 Definition
recessed window opening
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fiord
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narrow inlet of the sea
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fumigate
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destroy pests in
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generate
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produce
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importune
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beg earnestly
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marinate
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season by steeping
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obtuse
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stupid, between 90 and 180 degrees
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pleasentries
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good-humored remarks
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protuberant
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bulging outward
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sexton
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caretaker of a church
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tariff
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tax on imported goods, scale of charges
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wallow
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roll about, indulge oneself
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biennial
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every two years
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caucus
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private political meeting
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composite
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formed of separate parts
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contiguous
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adjoining
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diaphanous
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sheer
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epidermis
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outer layer of skin
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fructify
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bear fruit
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fustian
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pompous
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gentry
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persons of high social standing
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ingenue
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role of a naive girl
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mien
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manner
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ostensible
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apparent
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physiognomy
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face
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prognosis
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prediction
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shroud
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sheet for wrapping a dead body, ropes used to support the mast, conceal
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ukase
 Definition
decree
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