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Fall 2010 Midterm Review
Fall 2010 Midterm Review
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English
9th Grade
10/11/2010

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Abase
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(v) To lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem
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Abdicate
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(v) To cast off
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Abhorrence
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(n) The act or state of abhorring
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Abscess
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(n)A localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
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Achillean
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(adj) Resembling Achilles
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Acquiesce
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(v) To accept or comply
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Acrid
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(adj) Bitterly pungent
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Ado
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(n) Bustle
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Ascetic
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(adj) Exceedingly strict or severe in religious excercises
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Autonomy
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(n) Independence or freedom
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Bequeath
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(v) To give or leave by will
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Blaspheme
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(v) To speak of or address with irreverence
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Bravado
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(n) Blustering, swaggering conduct
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Cajole
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(v) To persuade with flattery or gentle urging
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Coalescence
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(n) To grow together
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Chattel
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(n) An item of tangible movable or immovable property
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Cataclysm
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(n) A flood or deluge
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Comestible
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(adj) Edible
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Connoiseur
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(n) An expert
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Concur
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(v) To act together to a common end or single effect
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Delude
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(v) To mislead the mind or judgement of
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Demagogue
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(n) A leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
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Deference
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(n) Respect and esteem due to a superior elder
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Disenfranchise
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(v) To deprive of a franchise
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Dogmatize
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(v) To speak or write dogmatically
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Elegy
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(n) A song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead
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Emigrant
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(n) One who emigrates
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Epicure
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(n) One with sensitive snd discriminting tastes especially in food or wine
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