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Chapters 17 and 18 Vocab
Chapters 17 and 18 Vocab
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English
11th Grade
03/17/2010

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Extricate
Definition
Verb- To release from an entanglement or a difficulty; to set free
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Menial
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Adjective- Of or suited to a servant;servile

 

Noun- A domestic servant; a servile person

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Rampant
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Adjective- Growing without check or restraint; flourishing; widespread
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Cajoled
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Verb- To persuade by pleasant words; to coax with flattery and insincere talk; to wheedle
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Pestilence
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Noun- A contagious and often fatal disease that spreads rapidly; an illness of epidemic proportions; a destructive or evil influence or factor
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Anarchy
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Noun- The absence of government or law; political disorder
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Nadir
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Noun- The point in the celestial sphere directly below the observer and opposite the zenith; the lowest possible point
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Ethnology
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Noun- The branch of anthropology that deals with recent societies or language groups, their distribution, characteristics, and cultures
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Impair
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Verb- To make worse; to damage or weaken
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Commodious
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Adjective- Roomy; spacious
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Profuse
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Adjective- giving freely; extravagant; plentiful
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Virulent
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Adjective- Very poisonous or harmful; deadly; intensely bitter or spiteful
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Strident
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Adjective- Having or making a harsh sound; shrill
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Consigning
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Verb- To deliver; to deliver as goods to be sold; to send; to hand over; to assign to an undesirable position or place
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Elocution
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Noun- The art of public speaking; a style or manner of public speaking or reading
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Subversion
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Noun- The overthrowing or undermining of something established, such as a government
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Cadaverous
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Adjective- Corpselike; pale and ghastly; thin and gaunt; haggard
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Incorrigible
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Noun- A person who will not be reformed

 

Adjective- Incapable of being corrected or reformed;persistently bad

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Promulgation
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Verb- To make know to the public, declare; to make widespread
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Maimed
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Verb- to wound or injure seriously; to disable in some way; to mutilate; to cripple
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