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Final vocabulary review
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English
8th Grade
05/01/2010

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abashed
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to embarrass;to make ashamed or uneasy
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abdicate
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to relinquish power; to formally renounce
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abyss
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a deep crask or gap; a bottomless cavern; any unbridgeable distance
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accord
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harmony; in agreement; a formal treaty between opposing factors v.to grant or award
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aghast
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adj. appalled;struckwith amazement; taken aback; momentarily breathless
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annul
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to cancle a law; to do away with; to put an end to
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articulate
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able to express ones self clearly, effectivle, or redily; speaking in distinct words or syllables
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assert
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to declare or state positivly; to matain or defend
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attest
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to declare ones testomony
the witness attested to seeing the defendant commit the crime
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belittle
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to think or speak in a slight manner of someoneor something; to make small or trivial
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calamitous
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v. misfortune or great distress; a disaster
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caspacious
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roomy spacious cavernous
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cherish
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to treat with love
to hold dear
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citadel
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a stronghold
a fortress commanding a city
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comply
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to obey willingly
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crony
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a close buddy or friend
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cryptic
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intended to obscure
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decoy
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anything intended to distract of mislead
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defile
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to deface something
to make impure or unclean
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dovoid
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empty
without
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disclaim
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to disavow any claim to or association with
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elite
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the most skilled in a group
a small group with great power
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endow
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to besow with something
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ensue
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as a result of
a consequence of
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ethical
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having good moral standings
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evolve
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too change gradually as a result of an action
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evolve
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excise
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a tax on
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facetious
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funny
humorous
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falter
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hesitant
to waver
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fiasco
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a comqlete and total failure
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flaunt
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to display showingly
to showoff
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foreboding
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to give a warning in advance
a premonition
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frivolous
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trivial
insignificant
lacking importance
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frugal
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economical
thrifty
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glut
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to feed or supply beyond capacity
a supply that exceeds demand
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grapple
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a iron claw
to struggle or contend with
to fasten
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haggard
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wornout
exhausted
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haughty
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arrogantly proud
distainful
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hover
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to float in the air
to remain suspended above a stationary object
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infiltrate
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to pass through
to enter gradually or stealthily
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jurisdiction
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the lawfulright or power to interprit the law and to apply it
the territory in which the power is exercised
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maim
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to disable or to diprive of the useof a bodypart
to impair
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malinger
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to exaggerate the extent of an illness or injury
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mediate
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to hrlp drttle or reconsile opposing sides in a dispute
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menial
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relating to a household of servant or a household of chores requiring little responcabliity or skill
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mein
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minimize
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to make smaller
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negate
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to deny the existance of
to make ineffective or invalid
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niche
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a recess in the wall
a place where someone fits in with society
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