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Vocab Root Words 4 Wayne County ACCEL
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Undergraduate 1
09/22/2009

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Ebullient
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bubbling out; overflowing with enthusiasm.
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Educate
Definition
to lead out (draw out) the inborn abilities of a pupil; to develop or train.
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Efface
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to remove the face of; to wipe out
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Emigrate
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to move out of a country
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Emit
Definition
to send out; as a child emits a scream or a factory emits smoke
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Emolument
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originally a millerÕs fee for grinding (out) grain; now, a payment for services rendered.
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Enervate
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to take out the nerve; to deprive of nerve, force, vigor; to weaken.
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Eradicate
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to tear out by the roots; to destroy
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Excavate
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to hollow out; to dig out and remove
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Excoriate
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to strip the skin off of; to denounce harshly
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Exonerate
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to take the burden out; to free from a charge or from guilt.
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Expatiate
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to wander out of the course; to digress; to speak or write at length
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Expatriate
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one who has left oneÕs native country or renounced allegiance to it.
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Export
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to carry out of a country
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Expurgate
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to clean out; to take out obscene or objectionable material
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Exterminate
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to put things out of the boundary, to destroy loving things by killing off all individuals
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Bona fide
Definition
in good faith; genuine
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Confidant
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a person one has faith in; a person one confides on.
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Confide
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to show faith by sharing secrets
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Confident
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having faith in oneself; self-assured
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Confidential
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marked my intimacy or willingness to confide
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Diffident
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not having faith in oneself; shy
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Fidelity
Definition
faithfulness
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Infidel
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not faithful; a person who does not believe in a particular religion
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Infidelity
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unfaithfulness; especially in marriage
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Perfidious
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deceiving through a pretense of faith; treacherous.
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Engender
Definition
to give birth to; to develop; to bring forth, as ideas or feelings
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Generate
Definition
to give birth to; to produce, as an engine generates power
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Generation
Definition
all the people born at about the same time
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Genesis
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the birth or coming into being of anything; origin; creation
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Hydrogen
Definition
a gas so called because it generates water by its combustion
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Genius
Definition
an exceptional intellectual or creative ability
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Ingenious
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having inborn talent; clever at contriving
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Ingenuous
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freeborn, honest; showing innocent or childlike simplicity or gullibility
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Generous
Definition
liberal in giving as a person of noble birth would be
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Genial
Definition
having a friendly or kind manner
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Genteel
Definition
having an aristocratic quality; refined in matter
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Gentility
Definition
the condition of being genteel
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Gentleman
Definition
a man of noble or gentle birth; a polite, considerate man
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Gentry
Definition
people of gentle birth or high social position
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