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Wordly Wise Chapters #10-18
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Language - English
9th Grade
06/11/2008

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Term
addled
Definition

1.confused

2. rotten 

Term
cauterize
Definition
burn with a hot iron
Term
congestion
Definition

1. overcrowding

2. overaccumulation of matter 

Term
disinterested
Definition
impartial
Term
exhale
Definition

1. breathe out

2. give off 

Term
filial
Definition
of a child for its parents
Term
gamester 
Definition
gambler
Term
harangue
Definition
long, scolding speech
Term
indignity
Definition
insulting treatment
Term
mausoleum
Definition
monumental tomb
Term
ornithologist
Definition
expert on birds
Term
philistine
Definition
uncultured and narrow-minded person
Term
rationalize
Definition
seek reasons to justify
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salutary
Definition
beneficial
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taciturn
Definition
habitually silent
Term
ROOT: oligos
Definition
few
Term
ROOT: hieros
Definition
sacred
Term
ROOT: a or an
Definition
without
Term
ROOT: patros
Definition
father
Term
ROOT: matri
Definition
mother
Term
ROOT: mono
Definition
one
Term
aqueous
Definition
made by water
Term
chaste
Definition

1. made by water

2. severely plain 

Term
demoralize
Definition
weaken the spirit of
Term
euthanasia
Definition
killing as an act of mercy
Term
extenuating
Definition
that make something seem less serious
Term
gala
Definition
festive
Term
gregarious
Definition
enjoying the company of others
Term
inclement
Definition

1. stormy

2. unkind 

Term
maladroit
Definition
clumsy
Term
mendicant
Definition
beggar
Term
panorama
Definition
comprehensive view
Term
quadruple
Definition
increase fourfold
Term
replete
Definition
filled
Term
spectral
Definition
ghostly
Term
transition
Definition
change
Term
triumvirate
Definition
ruling body of three
Term
abashed
Definition
embarrassed
Term
arbiter
Definition
person able to judge or decide
Term
benison
Definition
blessing
Term
bluff
Definition

1. fool

2. frank

3. steep cliff 

Term
canker
Definition

1. spreading sore

2. evil influence 

Term
complaisant
Definition
obliging
Term
crass
Definition
coarsely
Term
defame
Definition
attack the reputation
Term
ennui
Definition
boredom
Term
funereal
Definition
gloomy
Term
ideology
Definition
set of beliefs
Term
inferno
Definition
intense heat
Term
Inferno
Definition
hell
Term
mercenary
Definition

1. hired soldier

2. concerned with only making money 

Term
parsimonious
Definition
miserly
Term
propaganda
Definition
deliberately spreading ideas that will help one's own cause or injure an enemy's
Term
retrogress
Definition
worsen
Term
surfeited
Definition
given too much of something
Term
tureen
Definition
dish
Term
PREFIX: retro
Definition
back, backward
Term
PREFIX: pro
Definition
forward
Term
ROOT: merc
Definition
pay
Term
ablutions
Definition
washings
Term
bauble
Definition
trinket
Term
bestial
Definition
brutal
Term
bombastic
Definition
pompous
Term
chary
Definition
cautious
Term
congenital
Definition
present from birth
Term
cuisine
Definition
cooking
Term
demote
Definition
reduce in rank
Term
flux
Definition

1. change

2. flow

3. substance used in joining metals 

Term
garb
Definition
clothes
Term
impeccable
Definition
faultless
Term
invective
Definition
abusive language
Term
ogle
Definition
glance flirtatiously at
Term
penury
Definition
extreme poverty
Term
raillery
Definition
lighthearded teasing
Term
scintillate
Definition
sparkle
Term
survey
Definition

1. measure

2. detailed study 

3. look closely at 

Term
vertabim
Definition
word for word
Term
PREFIX: im
Definition
not
Term
PREFIX: con
Definition
with
Term
ROOT: pecca
Definition
fault
Term
ROOT: gen
Definition
birth, family, race
Term
anneal
Definition
toughen by heating and then cooling
Term
becoming
Definition
pleasingly suitable
Term
bizarre
Definition
fantastic
Term
buoyant
Definition

1. able to float

2. cheerful 

Term
chattel
Definition
on movable property
Term
cranium
Definition
top of the skull
Term
culpable
Definition
blameworthy
Term
endorse
Definition

1. express the support of

2. sign the back of 

Term
freebooter
Definition
pirate
Term
hallmark
Definition

1. stamp on gold or silver objects

2. distinguishing characteristic 

Term
incognito
Definition
with one's identity concealed
Term
irrevocable
Definition
unalterable
Term
pacific
Definition
peaceful
Term
pernicious
Definition
harmful
Term
retinue
Definition
train of attendants
Term
scrip
Definition
paper entitling the bearer to receive something
Term
symmetrical
Definition
balanced
Term
verve
Definition
enthusiasm
Term
PREFIX: en
Definition
on
Term
PREFIX: sym-
Definition
with, together
Term
ROOT: dors
Definition
back
Term
ROOT: metr
Definition
measure
Term
affirm
Definition
assert
Term
avarice
Definition
greed for money
Term
courser
Definition
horse
Term
devotee
Definition
ardent supporter
Term
dossier
Definition
collection of documents giving a detailed report
Term
exonerate
Definition
declare blameless
Term
franchise
Definition

1. right granted by a government or a company

2. right to vote 

Term
herald
Definition
announce
Term
instantaneous
Definition
immediate
Term
marathon
Definition

1. prolonged

2. footrace of about 26 miles 

Term
mettle
Definition
spirit
Term
predicament
Definition
trying situation
Term
sanctimonious
Definition
falsely pious
Term
stevedores
Definition
dockworkers
Term
throng
Definition
crowd of people
Term
unremitting
Definition
unending
Term
PREFIX: ad-, af-
Definition
to
Term
PREFIX: ex
Definition
out
Term
ROOT: onera
Definition
load
Term
ROOT: mitt or miss
Definition
send
Term
annuity
Definition
fixed yearly payment
Term
bedeviled
Definition
tormented
Term
decorum
Definition
correctness and good
Term
divers
Definition
various
Term
elemental
Definition
having to do with great forces of nature
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extant
Definition
still in existence
Term
germinate
Definition
begin to develop
Term
heterogeneous
Definition
dissimilar
Term
jettison
Definition
throw overboard
Term
melodrama
Definition
unrealistic play in which good and evil are exaggerated
Term
ocular
Definition
eye
Term
partiality
Definition
liking
Term
recession
Definition
moving backward
Term
sojourn
Definition
stay
Term
stickler
Definition
person who makes strict demands
Term
travesty
Definition
crude and mocking imitation
Term
vendetta
Definition
feud
Term
ROOT: hetero
Definition
other
Term
ROOT: homo
Definition
same
Term
ROOT: gen
Definition
type
Term
autotonomous
Definition
self-governing
Term
belligerent
Definition

1. hostile

2. nations at war 

Term
default
Definition
fail to make payment
Term
dogged
Definition
determined
Term
emancipate
Definition
free
Term
flora
Definition
plants
Term
gourmets
Definition
experts on fine foods
Term
hindmost
Definition
farthest back
Term
mania
Definition
excessive enthusiasm
Term
memoirs
Definition
autobiography
Term
opulence
Definition
wealth
Term
prate
Definition
talk foolishly
Term
residue
Definition
remainder
Term
sporadic
Definition
irregularly occuring
Term
thermal
Definition
having to do with heat
Term
umber
Definition
earth color used in artists' paints
Term
ROOT: auto
Definition
self
Term
ROOT: belli
Definition
war
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