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sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary
Level A Unit 14
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Literature
6th Grade
03/09/2009

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abstain verb
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to stay away from doing something by ones own choice
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accommodate verb
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to do a favor or service for,help out; to provide for, supply with to have space for; to make fit or suitable
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allegiance noun
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the loyalty or obligation owed to a government, nation, or cause
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amalgamate verb
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to unite to combine elements into a unified whole
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append verb
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to attach add or track on aas a supplement or extra item
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commemorate verb
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to preserve honor or celebrate the memory of
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enumerate verb
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to count to name one by one list
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exalt verb
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to make high in rank power character or quality to fill with pride joy or noble feeling to praise honor
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extort verb
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to obtain by violence misuse of authority or threats
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far-fetched adj
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strained or improbable in the sense of not being logical or believable going far afield from a topic
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glum n
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depressed gloomy
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replica adj
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a copy, close reproduction
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responsive n
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answering or replying reacting readily to request suggestions: etc showing interest and understanding
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sanctuary n
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a scared or holy place refuge
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self-seeking adj
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selfishly ambitious
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submissive adj
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humbly obedient; tending to give in to authority, obeying without protest
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tally verb noun
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to count up; to keep score; to make entries for reckoning; to correspond or agree; (n) a total or score
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taskmaster noun
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one whose job it is to assign work to others; one who uses his or her power to make people work very hard
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transform verb
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to change completely in appearance or form; to make into something else
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upheaval noun
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a sudden, violent upward movement; great disorder or radical change
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