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Vocabulary:Denizen
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Language - English
8th Grade
11/10/2014

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Denizen
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(n) a inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a play.
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Contingent
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(adj) likely but not certaint ot happen/ possible.
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Foist
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(v) to impose by fraud
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corroborate
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(v) to make more certain
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Disseminate
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(v) to scatter widely
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florid
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(adj) highly colored
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censurable
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(adj) deserving of blame or correction.
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Discursive
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(adj) passing aimlessly from one play or subject to another
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dowdy
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(adj) poorly dressed
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accentuate
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(v) to put stress on
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Specious
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(adj) deceptive, lacking real merit, good on the outside bad in the inside.
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perceptive
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(adj) having sympathetic understanding
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palpable
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(adj) capable of being touched/ heard
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sear
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(v) to make dry or withered
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satiate
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(v) to satisfy

(adj) full, satisfied

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gauche
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(adj) awkward, lacking in grace.
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inculcate
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(v) to impress on the mind by repetition
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heresy
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(n) on opinion different from other beliefs.
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pernicious
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(adj) fatal
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quail
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(v) to shrink in fear
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salient
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(adj) leaping,jumping
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abstemious
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(adj) moderate in drinking
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