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English 9 Midterm Vocab
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9th Grade
01/13/2016

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admonish
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(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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breach
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(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through
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commandeer
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(v.) to seize for military or official use
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relinquish
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(v.) to let go, give up
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muddle
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(v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess
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opinionated
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(adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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predispose
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(v.) to incline to beforehand
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salvage
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(v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved
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cumbersome
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(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
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deadlock
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(n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill
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alien
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(n.) a citizen of another country; (adj.) foreign, strange
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comely
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(adj.) having a pleasing appearance
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dissolute
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(adj.) loose in one's morals or behavior
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subjugate
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(v.) to conquer by force, bring under complete control
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terse
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(adj.) brief and to the point
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compensate
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(v.) to make up for; to repay for services
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expulsion
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(n.) the process of driving or forcing out
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mediocre
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(adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguished
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sully
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(v.) to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
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tantalize
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(v.) to tease, torment by teasing
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fabricate
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(v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
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exorcise
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(v.) to drive out b magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
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cherubic
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(adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
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terminate
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(v.) to bring to an end
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pilfer
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(v.) to steal in small quantities
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abridge
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(v.) to make shorter
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adherent
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(n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to
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dissent
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(v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement
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semblance
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(n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
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rift
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(n.) a split, break, breach
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abscond
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(v.) to run off and hide
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access
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(n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) to get at obtain
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arduous
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(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort
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daunt
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(v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
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fated
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(adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune
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inanimate
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(adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit
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incinerate
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(v.) to burn to ashes
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intrepid
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(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable
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reviled
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(v.) to attack with words, call bad names
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rectify
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(v.) to make right, correct
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annihilate
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(v.) to destroy completely
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catalyst
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(n.) a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change
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exodus
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(n.) a large-scale departure or flight
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facilitate
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(v.) to make easier; to assist
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militant
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(adj.) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n.) an activist
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slapdash
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(adj.) careless and hasty
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reprimand
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(v.) to scold; find fault with; (n.) a rebuke
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rebut
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(v.) to offer arguments or evidence that contradict an assertion; to refute
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prattle
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(v.) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; (n.) baby talk; babble
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opaque
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(adj.) not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid
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