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AGOURA HIGH SCHOOL UNIT 13
unit 13
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English
9th Grade
05/05/2008

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adapt
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(v.) to adjust or change to suit conditions
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attest
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(v.) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine
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dovetail
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(v.) to fit together (n.) a carpentry figure resembling a doves tail
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enormity
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(n.) the quality of eceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
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falter
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(v.) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
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foreboding
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(n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous
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forlorm
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(adj.) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless
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haughty
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(adj.) chillingly proud and scornful
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impediment
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(n.) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle
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imperative
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(adj.) necessary, urgent; (n.) a torm of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required
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loiter
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(v.) to linger in an aimless way, hang around
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malinger
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(v.) to pretend illness to avoid duty or work
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pithy
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(adj.) short but full of meaning and point
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plunder
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(v.) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n.) property stolen by force, booty
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simper
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(v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n.) a silly, forced smile
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steadfast
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(adj.) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing
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vaunted
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(adj.) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
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vilify
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(v.) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
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walf
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(n.) a person without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; somethign that cones along by chance, a stray bit
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wry
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(adj.) twisted, turned to one side, cleverly and often grimly humorous
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