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VMA Vocabulary
Chapter 15, basic and challenge
25
Language - English
8th Grade
05/07/2008

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Term
antithesis
Definition
the direst opposite
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burly
Definition

1. large in bodily size

2. strongly built

3. stout

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crucial
Definition
vitally important or essential
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devote
Definition

1. to apply entirely to one activity

2. to set asside for some purpose

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disentangle
Definition
to free from entanglement or complication
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economic
Definition
having to do with the management and behavior of goods, services, and money
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ethnic
Definition
of a particular religious, racial, national, or cultural group
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fidelity
Definition

1 loyalty

2 faithfulness to obligations

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garish
Definition
having excessively bright colors or decorations, gaudy
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hurdle
Definition

1 a barier used in foot races

2 a problem that must be overcome

 

1 to jump over a barrier

2 to overcome a problem

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intervene
Definition

1 to come between, to interfere

2 to happen betwwen two points of time

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literacy
Definition
the ability to read and wrtie
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naive
Definition

1 showing great simplicity

2 without mcuh knowledge of the world

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perimeter
Definition

1 the edge around a space

2 the length of the edge around a space

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presumptuous
Definition
inappropriatly bold or confident
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reminisce
Definition
to remeber or talk about past events
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siphon
Definition

a curved pipe or tube used to move a liquid from one container to another

 

to take out by using a siphon

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sustain
Definition

1 to keep, to prolong

2 to provide for

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ultimate
Definition

1 final

2 of the greatest size or importance

 

1 the final point

2 the greatest point

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zeal
Definition
eager attention or enthusiasm for a cause or goal
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abhor
Definition
to feel great hatred or disgust for
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discernible
Definition
able to be seen or percieved
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effrontery
Definition
audacity, boldness
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finagle
Definition
to get something by being trickey or clever
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precipice
Definition
a very steep cliff or overhanging place
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