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Know and understand them. Use them in a sentence.
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9th Grade
10/18/2011

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Baffle (v.)
Definition
bewildered; perplexed; filled with confusion; frustrate; puzzled
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Ebullient (adj.)
Definition
overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious
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Ebullience (n.)
Definition
exuberance
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Exhort (v.)
Definition
arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
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Gall (v.)
Definition
make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex
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Gall (n.)
Definition

chudspa; brazen boldness; nerve

(ant. meekness)

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Inane (adj.)
Definition

lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; genuine; valid

(ant. deep; profound)

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Perusal (n.)
Definition
reading; study
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Spurn (v.)
Definition

thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject

(ant. accept)

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Tepid (adj.)
Definition
moderately warm; lukewarm
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Tepidly (adv.)
Definition

unenthusiastically; lukewarm

(ant. excitedly)

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Wane (v.)
Definition

decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink

(ant. wax)

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Abhorrent (adj.)
Definition

(followed by to) in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable

(ant. admirable)

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Abhor (v.)
Definition
utterly detest; loath; hate
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Admonish (v.)
Definition

reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault; caution 

(ant. commend)

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Ambrosial (adj.)
Definition
extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia (the food of gods); heavenly 
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Ephemeral (adj.)
Definition

lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short-lived; transient

(youth is ephemeral)

(ant. permanent; perpetual)

 

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Haggle (v.)
Definition
dispute or argue over a price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle
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Lapse (n.)
Definition

1. slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault

2. interval (lapse of 5 years)

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Lapse (v.)
Definition
cease being in force; become invalid
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Repast (n.)
Definition
food for one occasion of eating; meal
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Replenish (v.)
Definition
bring back to condition of being full; refill
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Unwittingly (adv.)
Definition

unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently; unknowingly

(ant. intentionally)

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