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Vocab Set 3
Vocab Set 3 APUSH
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12th Grade
09/27/2010
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Broadside
 Definition
A whole side of a ship above the water line. All the guns can be fired from one side of the ship.
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Factious
 Definition
A sometimes mutinous part, a faction
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Spew
 Definition
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
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Portend
 Definition
to foreshadow an event
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Galvanize
 Definition
To startle into sudden activity
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Remonstrate
 Definition
to stay and plead in protest
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Supplicate
 Definition
To pray humbly
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Adroit
 Definition
cleverly skillful
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Vacillation
 Definition
a state of indecision
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Muster
 Definition
to assemble as for battle
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Disconsolate
 Definition
hopelessly unhappy
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Licentiousness
 Definition
sexually unrestrained
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Augment
 Definition
to make larger
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Pustule
 Definition
a pimple like bump
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Epithet
 Definition
A word of phrase that describes a quality
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Crassly
 Definition
Without refinement
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Abet
 Definition
to encourage
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Engender
 Definition
to produce or give rise to
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Redress
 Definition
to set right
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Byword
 Definition
A characteristic expression
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Ordinance
 Definition
an authoritative rule or law
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Precedent
 Definition
an act that serves for justification
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Depreciation
 Definition
a decrease in value
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Beleaguered
 Definition
to surround with military forces
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Salutary
 Definition
favorable to or promoting health
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Usurp
 Definition
to seize without legal right
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Perilous
 Definition
dangerous
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Inherent
 Definition
existing in someone as a permanent quality
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Prostrate
 Definition
to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion
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Aghast
 Definition
Filled with shock or horror
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