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Lesson 3 and 4 Vocab
lesson 4 vocab
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English
10th Grade
11/12/2009

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anthropology
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the science of the origins and development of humankind
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antipathy
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a strong or fixed dislike
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apprehensive
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anxious;afraid;fearful of some misfortune to come
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apprise
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to give notice to; to inform
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arbiter
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a person chosen to settle a dispute
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archaic
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no longer in general use; old-fashioned
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aroma
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a fragrance; spicy odor
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artifice
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a clever device; a trick
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ascertain
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to find out; to make sure of
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assiduous
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careful and attentive; hard working
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atrocious
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wicked or cruel; exceedingly bad; abominable
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augury
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the practice of telling the future by signs or omens
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axiom
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a statement assumed to be true; a self-evident truth; an established principle
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balmy
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mild and pleasant; soothing
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bandy
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to toss back and forth; to exchange; to discuss lightly
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bauble
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a showy trifle of little value; a useless toy or trinket
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bedlam
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uproar or confusion
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beneficent
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kind;charitable;doing good
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bestride
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to sit on or stand over something with a leg on each side of it; to straddle
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botch
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to spoil by poor work; to bungle; a poor piece of work
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-circum
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around, round
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-dys
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bad
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counter, contra, contro
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against; in return; contrary
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di
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two
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co,con,col,cor-
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together;with;at the same time; equal
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dis-
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do the reverse, down from, undo
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de-
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reversal, undoing, decompose
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