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D UNIT 9
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General Vocab
9th Grade
02/28/2008
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auxiliary
 Definition
giving assistance or support
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candid
 Definition
frank, sincere
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cubicle
 Definition
a small room or compartment
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drudgery
 Definition
work that is hard and tiresome
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envoy
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a represenativve or messenger
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escalate
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to elevate to increase in intensity
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expedient
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a means to end
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feign
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to pretend
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flair
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a natural quality talkent or skill
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grevious
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causing sorrow or pain
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heterogeneous
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composed of different kinds
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horde
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a vast number of people
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impel
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to force drive forward
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incredulous
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disbelieving skeptical
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inscribe
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to write or engrave to enter a name on a list
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monologue
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a speech by one actor
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prognosis
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a forcast of the probably course and outcome of a disease or situation
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rasping
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with a harsh granting sound
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repugnant
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offensive disagreeable
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scuttle
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to sink a ship by cutting holes in it, to get rid of something in a decisive way
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