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spelling cards ch.7
all 10 vocab words for english
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8th Grade
01/06/2016

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concede
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verb/ to admit / our aunt hates to admit an error.she will never ___ that she might be wrong.
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conservative
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Adjective/ Traditional / Lauren's ____ relatives were shocked when she broke with tradition and wore a rose colored wedding dress
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Contrary
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Adjective/ different / Claire's farther insists that she share his views.He doesn't allow her to express an opinion____ to his
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Denounce
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Verb/ To condemn / In Nazi Germany anyone who publicly ____ Hitler as cruel or mad risked imprisonment, torture, and death.
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Deter
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Verb/ to discourage / No one is sure how much the threat of capital punishment ____
murder
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Disclose
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Verb/ to reveal / when i applied for financial aid, i had to ____ my family's annual income. but it embarrassed me to reveal this information
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scapegoat
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noun/ someone to blame / because the manager wanted a ___ for his own mistake, he fired an innocent employee.
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superficial
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adjective/ lacking depth / my teacher said my essay on divorce was too ___ because i didn't write in detail.
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sustain
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verb/ to continue / opera singers can sustain a high note for a long period of time
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transition
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noun/ a change / The students had to make a transition from hand writing to computers.
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