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vocab week 4
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Language - English
9th Grade
11/19/2009

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Term

ante, ant

Definition

before

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plac

Definition

calm

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super, sur

Definition

above

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belli, bell

 

Definition

war

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dem

Definition

people

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endemic

Definition

adj – peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people; native:

diseases endemic to the tropics.

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trepidation

Definition

n - a state of alarm or dread; apprehension

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placate

Definition

v – to appease; to reduce anger, especially by making concessions:

 

 

placate the mob

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implacable

Definition

adj – impossible to placate or appease:

 

implacable foes;

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superfluous

Definition

adj – being beyond what is required or sufficient:

superfluous words

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benign

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adj – of a kind and gentle disposition; harmless

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antebellum

Definition

adj – Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War

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bellicose

Definition

warlike in manner or temperament

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circumvent

Definition

to go around; bypass:

 

circumvented the city

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demagogue

Definition

a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace

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