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exam vocab
saddlier oxford units 1-8 selected words for BHS
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Language - English
10th Grade
01/11/2007

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expostulate
Definition
dissuade someone from doing somehting
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ascribe
Definition
attributed to
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simulate
Definition
to model
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elicit
Definition
order
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commiserate
Definition
express sympathy
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decadence
Definition
decay rott
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preragotive
Definition
power or right reserved for a spacific person
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exhort
Definition
urge someone to do something
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millimium
Definition
2000 years
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ressilient
Definition
able to return to its origional form or shape
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ressilient
Definition
able to return to its origional form or shape
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pecculate
Definition
embezzle or loot
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brusque
Definition
rude
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demagogue
Definition
person who speaks and dwells on predjudices
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fettered
Definition
bound by chains
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inscrutable
Definition
of an obscure nature
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transient
Definition
short lived
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scourage
Definition
punish
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reverberate
Definition
echo, sound out
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proclivity
Definition
natural inclination towards
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permiate
Definition
pass through
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jaded
Definition
spoiled by
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transend
Definition
go beyond penitrate
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strigent
Definition
strict and riggerous
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umbrage
Definition
anger hatred
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vicarous
Definition
suffering somthing for someone else
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blazon
Definition
coat of arms
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amnesty
Definition
forgiveness or pardon
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anomalous
Definition
unusual
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castigate
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cencus
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insurgent
Definition
rebel with weapon
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contrive
Definition
devise, make up
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axiomatic
Definition
evident with no proof
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aura
Definition
surrounding a person
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aura
Definition
surrounding a person
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transmute,
Definition
change context, how somthing sounds
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disabuse
Definition
free from entanglement
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megalomania
Definition
where someone thinks things are true because of visions
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flout
Definition
laugh at, make fun of poke with a stick
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propensity
Definition
inclination towards
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equitable
Definition
fair, and just
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equitable
Definition
fair, and just
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transgress
Definition
spread over the land, spread about
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