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Vocab list 5
vocab list 5
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Language - English
8th Grade
05/09/2016

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Term
iota
Definition
a very small quantity or amount
Term
temerity
Definition
the quality of being unafraid of danger or punishment in a foolish way.
Term

 elucidate 

Definition
to make understood, to clarify, to shed light upon something.
Term
expunge
Definition
to strike or blot something out; erase; obliterate.

 

Term
gait
Definition
 a person's individual way of walking a person's individual way of walking
Term
purloin
Definition
to steal something
Term
capacious
Definition

 containing or capable of containing a large amount of something.

 

Term
trepidation
Definition

 a feeling of fear that causes you to hesitate because you think something bad or unpleasant is going to happen.

Term
irascible 
Definition
becoming angry very easily : having a bad temper.
Term
pithy
Definition
using few words in a clever and effective way.

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