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English Vocab
vocab given by Mrs. Winters
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English
10th Grade
01/15/2014
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Adversary
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a person, group, or force that opposes
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Alienate
 Definition
to make indifferent or hostile
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Artifice
 Definition
a clever trick or stratagem
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Coerce
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to compel by force, intimidation, or authority
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Craven
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Cowardly
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Culinary
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of, pertaining to, or used in cooking or the kitchen.
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Delete
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to strike out or remove
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Demise
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death or decease.
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Exhilarate
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to enliven; invigorate; stimulate
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Fallow
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uncultivated
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opulent
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wealthy, rich, or affluent.
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unkempt
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uncared-for or neglected
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bereft
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deprived
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gibe
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to taunt
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pliable
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easily bent; flexible
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verbatim
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word for word
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deploy
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to spread out
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guise
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style of dress
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reiterate
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to say or do again or repeatedly
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warily
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watchful, cautious, or alert
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Affiliated
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being in close formal or informal association
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Ascertain
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to make certain
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Attainment
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an act of attaining.
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Bequeath
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to dispose of
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Cogent
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convincing or believable by virtue of forcible
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Converge
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to tend to meet in a point or line
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Disperse
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to drive or send off in various directions; scatter
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Esteem
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to regard highly or favorably
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Expunge
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to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.
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Finite
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having bounds or limits; not infinite
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