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Wordly Wise 6
Vocabulary
15
Language - English
8th Grade
03/29/2008

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Term
Anarchy
Definition

1. Total absense of government.

2. Lack of order, total confusion  

Term
Apprehend
Definition

1. To seize; to arrest

2. To grasp the meaning of

Term
Arraign
Definition

1.  To bring before a court to face charges

 

Term
Bizarre
Definition

1. Strikingly out of the ordinary

2. Peculiar  

Term
Calamity
Definition

1. An event that causes great suffering and harm

2. A disaster 

 

Term
Conspire
Definition
1. To plan together secretly to do something wrong
2. To join or act together
Term
Dissension
Definition
1. A difference of opinion
2. Disagreement  
Term
Elapse
Definition
1. To pass or slip by ( used with time )
 
Term
Imminent
Definition
1. About to happen; likely to occur in the near future
Term
Interrogate
Definition
1. To ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner
Term
Lionize
Definition
1. To treat as a celebrity
Term
Meticulous
Definition
1. Extremely careful; attentive to small details
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Shackle
Definition
1. Something that prevents free action
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Swelter
Definition
1. To suffer from or to be overcome by great heat
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