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Chapter 9 Fiske Book
Fiske Word Power 1-9
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English
11th Grade
09/20/2011

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Term
Squander
Definition
Spend extravagantly
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Dissipation
Definition
literal scattering or dispersing or pursuit of trivial pleasure (BAD)
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Disenfranchise
Definition
to lose the right to vote
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Forfeiture
Definition
a givin gup of something in one's possession
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Denude
Definition
to make bare
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Privation
Definition
deprive
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Divest
Definition
to undress
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Renounce
Definition
to give up
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Elegiac
Definition
feeling of sadness
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Bereave
Definition
Active verb: to leave desolate
Passive verb: surviving relatives or close friends of a person who has died.
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