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Words from chapter 6 of Wordly Wise.
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11th Grade
02/02/2012
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anterior
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front, earlier
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blandishments
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flattering remarks
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climacteric
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turning point
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conjugal
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marital
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depredations
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acts of robbery and violence, physical harm
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empyrean
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heavens
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expiate
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make amends for
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inviolate
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free from harm, unbroken
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lattice
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crisscrossed strips
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leviathan
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huge creature
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objurgate
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rebuke
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panacea
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cure for all diseases
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preponderate
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exceed in influence
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refutation
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proof of error
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spoliation
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destruction
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verbose
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wordy
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asservate
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solemnly declare
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carapace
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upper shell
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clique
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small, exclusive group
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connubial
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conjugal
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doctrine
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teachings
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epidemic
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widespread disease, excessively prevalent
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initial
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first
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jurisdiction
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legal authority
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layette
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set of clothes for a newborn baby
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negotiate
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settle the terms of, get around, transferrable
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obviate
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make unnecessary
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passé
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out-of-date
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reciprocate
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return in kind or degree, moving back and forth
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repine
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feel discontent
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titian
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reddish-yellow
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vial
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small, glass medicine bottle
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beatific
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blissful
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claustrophobia
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fear of enclosed spaces
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concomittant
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accompanying
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corollary
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preposition logically following
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dolorous
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mournful
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ersatz
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substitute
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innuendo
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veiled, disparaging remark
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lacteal
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milky
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leaven
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cause to rise, modify the tone of
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nocturne
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musical piece suggesting night
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option
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right to buy or sell, choice
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phelgmatic
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undemonstrative
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reconnaissance
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exploratory military survey
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seismic
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earthquake
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tonsure
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shaved head
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viviparous
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bearing live young
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