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Sadlier-Oxford Level F Unit 14
Sadlier-Oxford Level F Unit 14
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11th Grade
05/11/2010

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amenable
Definition
willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive, compliant
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berate
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to scold sharply, chide
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carnage
Definition
large scale slaughter or loss of life
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credulous
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too ready to believe, easily deceived
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criterion
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a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation
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deplete
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to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
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expatiatie
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to expand on, write or talk about at length or in detail; to move about freely, wander, roam
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extraneous
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coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant
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inception
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the beginning, start, earliest stage or some process, insitution, etc., commencement
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infirmity
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a waekness or ailment
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jejune
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lacking in nutritive value; lacking in intrest or substance; immature, juvenile
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obdurate
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stubborn, unyielding
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potpourri
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a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture
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precocious
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showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
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sadistic
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delightly in cruelty, excessively cruel
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sententious
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self-righteous, characterised by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy
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supplicate
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to beg earnestly and humbly
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surfeit
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an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; to feed or supply with anything to excess
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tortuous
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winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
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turgid
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swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language
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