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Vocab and roots list 15
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10th Grade
02/18/2010

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evoke
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to call up; cause to appear; summon:
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arid
Definition
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched,lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune
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querulous
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full of complaints; complaining.
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gravity
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serious or critical nature;the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.;seriousness, danger, emergency, import
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digress
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to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument,plot, study, etc
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profuse
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spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant
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somber
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gloomy, depressing;extremely serious;
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hostile
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not friendly, warm, or generous; not hospitable.
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luminous
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radiating or reflecting light;brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening, as a writer or a writer's works
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inept
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generally awkward or clumsy;without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment;
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ann,enn
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year, -perennial..annual
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circ,circum
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circle- circumference..circle
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dic,dict
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say -dictate..dictionary
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juven
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young -juvenile..rejuvenate
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manu
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hand -manual..manuscript
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mon
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to remind, advise warn -admonish..premonition
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noc, nox
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harm..-innocuous, noxious
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plur,plus
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more -surplus..plural
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pot
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powerful -potent,impotent
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viv,vit
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life -vivid..vital
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