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Wordly Wise 10
Vocabulary
15
Language - English
8th Grade
03/29/2008

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Term
Abject
Definition
1. Most miserable
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Advocate
Definition
1. To plead in favor
2. To defend  
Term
Atrocity
Definition
1. An act of great cruelty and wickedness
Term
Commemorate
Definition
1. To serve as a memorial
2. To remember 
Term
Dialect
Definition
1. A form of language spoken in a certain geographical region that has it's own grammer
Term
Dire
Definition
1. Having terrible consequences 
2. Urgent or desperate 
Term
Elite
Definition
1. Considered superior to others
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Enhance
Definition
1. To make greater or better
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Flagrant
Definition
1. Clearly offensive or bad
Term
Languish
Definition
1. To lose hope, strength, or vitality because of neglect or bad conditions
Term
Mute
Definition
1. To soften or tone down the sound of
2. Not able to speak 
Term
Raze
Definition
1. To level to the ground, to destroy completely
Term
Reprisal
Definition
1. A retaliation for an injury
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Turmoil
Definition
1. A state of confusion or agitation
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Wreak
Definition
1. To bring about or inflict
2. To express or vent 
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