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General Vocab
8th Grade
03/14/2013
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abdicate
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to resign
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abdicate
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to formally give up an office or a duty
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abdicate
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to disown
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abdicate
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to discard
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bestow
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to give as a gift
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bestow
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to provide with lodgings
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capacious
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able to hold much
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capacious
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roomy
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caustic
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able to burn or eat away by chemical action
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caustic
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biting
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caustic
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sarcastic
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crusade
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a strong movement to advance a cause or idea
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crusade
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to work vigorously
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deface
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to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of
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deface
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to damage the value, influence, or effect of
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deface
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to face down
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deface
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to outshine
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embargo
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an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods
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embargo
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any restraint or hindrance
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embargo
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to forbid to enter or leave port
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embargo
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to forbid trade with
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fallacy
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a false notion or belief
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fallacy
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an error in thinking
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levity
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a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect
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levity
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bouyancy
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levity
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lightness in weight
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mendicant
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a beggar
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mendicant
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depending on begging for a living
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nauseate
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to make sick to the stomach
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nauseate
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to fill with disgust
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negate
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to nullify
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negate
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to deny
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negate
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to bring to nothing
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pivotal
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vitally important
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pivotal
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essential
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recipient
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one who receives
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recipient
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receiving
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recipient
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able or willing to receive
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ruse
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an action designed to confuse or mislead
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ruse
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a trick
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teem
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to become filled to overflowing
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teem
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to be present in large quantities
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tenet
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an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true
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tractable
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easily managed
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tractable
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easy to deal with
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tractable
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easily wrought
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tractable
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malleable
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ungainly
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clumsy
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ungainly
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awkward
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ungainly
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unwieldy
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voracious
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having a huge appetite
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voracious
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greedy
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voracious
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ravenous
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voracious
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excessively eager
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