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Freshman Vocab 1-20
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General Vocab
8th Grade
02/15/2010

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Accentuate
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-(v.) to give emphasis or prominence to
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Alliteration
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-(n.) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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Analogy
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-(n.) resemblance in some details between things otherwise unlike
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Antibody
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-(n.) a substance produced by special cells of the body that combines with an antigen and counteracts its effects or those of the microscopic plant or animal on which the antigen may occur
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Aspire
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-(v.) to work to get something high or great
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Bamboozle
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-(v.) to deceive or get the better of someone by trickery
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Bizarre
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-(adj.) striking unusual or odd
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Boisterous
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-(adj.) Noisily rough: rowdy
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Boycott
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-(v.) to join with others in refusing to deal with a person, organization, or country usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of terms
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Camouflage
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-(adj.) the hiding or disguising of something by covering it up or changing the way it looks.
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Chronology
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-(n.) the science that deals with measuring time and dating events
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Commemorate
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-(v.) to call to remembrance
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Cower
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-(v.) to shrink away or crouch down (as from fear)
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Decorum
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-(n.) agreement with accepted standards or conduct
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Deduction
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-(n.) an act of taking away
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Deign
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-(v.) to think proper to one’s dignity
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Despondent
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-(adj.) feeling quite discouraged or depressed
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Dialogue
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-(n.) a conversation between two or more people
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Divulge
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-(v.) to make public
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Eclectic
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-(adj.) selecting or choosing from various sources
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