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English Vocab List #5
Seperate Peace Vocab #5
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English
9th Grade
10/24/2010

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Assimilate
Definition
to make similar (VERB)
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Austerity
Definition
A strict manner
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Bane
Definition
Poison
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Bellicose
Definition
favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars (ADJ) (Middle English)
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Casualty
Definition
a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness,
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Cohort
Definition
a group of warriors or soldiers (Noun) (Middle English)
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Culminate
Definition
to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive point (verb) (latin)
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Decrepit
Definition
impaired by use or wear (ADJ) (Middle English)
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Fervently
Definition
very hot (ADJ) (middle english)
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Foreboding
Definition
an omen, prediction, or presentiment especially of coming evil
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Fortitude
Definition
strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage (noun) (middle english)
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Impervious
Definition
not capable of being damaged or harmed (ADJ) (Latin)
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Incongruity
Definition
Not harmonious
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Languid
Definition
Slow (ADJ) (Middle English)
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Perplexed
Definition
Filled with uncertainty
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Precarious
Definition
depending on the will or pleasure (ADJ) (latin)
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Preeminent
Definition
having paramount rank, dignity, or importance (ADJ) (middle english)
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Presage
Definition
something that foreshadows or portends to a future event. (noun) (middle english)
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Primeval
Definition
of or relating to the earliest ages (ADJ) (latin)
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Qualm
Definition
a sudden access of usually disturbing emotion, fainting from illness
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Rejoinder
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an answer to a reply (noun) (middle english)
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Reprieve
Definition
to delay the punishment (middle english) (verb)
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Tacit
Definition
expressed or carried on without words or speech (Adj) (french)
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Torpid
Definition
having lost motion or the power of exertion or feeling (ADJ) (Middle English)
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Urbane
Definition
notably polite or polished in manner (ADJ) (latin)
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