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HSPT Vocabulary
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8th Grade
08/20/2012

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abet
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to encourage wrongdoing
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abjure
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to solemly renounce a belief
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abstemious
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not self indulging
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accede
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to yield to another wish or opion
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acquiesce
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to accept something unwillingly
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acrid
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strong and unplesant in smell or taste
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adamant
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refusing to be persuaded
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affabble
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diffusing in freindliness and warmth
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alleviate
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provide physically relief as in pain
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aloof
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remote in manner
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ambiguous
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to have more than one possible meaning
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ameliorate
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to make better
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antediluvian
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of or relationg to the period before the biblical flood
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antithesis
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exact opposite
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apex
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the highest point of something
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apocryphal
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of highly doubted authencity though widely circulated as being true
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ardor
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feelings of great warmth and intensity
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assuage
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provide phtsical relief as in pain
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astute
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marked my practical hardheaded intelligence
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avuncular
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of or relating to an uncle
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bellicose
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having or showing a ready disposition to fight
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benight
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ro come over with darkness or night
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benign
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gentle, kindly
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blantant
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completely obvious
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blithe
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carefree happy lighthearted
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