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Vocab. L8-L14
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8th Grade
01/26/2006

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educe
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vb-draw or bring out
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glean
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vb-to collect bit by bit: to gather w/patient labor
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beget
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to produce: to make happen
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chafe
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vb-to wear or ittitate, often through rubbing of friction
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effrontery
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n-shameless boldness
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imbibe
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vb-to drink (especially alcohol)
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effrontery
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n-shameless boldness
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feign
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vb-to pretend
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desist
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v-to stop: discontinue
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allude
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v-to hint at; to refer to indirectly
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elite
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n-the choice members or best of a group
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bilk
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v-to cheat or swindle; to thwart
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homily
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n-a sermon
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demise
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n-death; ceasing to exist
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emit
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v-to send out; to five forth,as in sound or light
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decadence
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n-moral deterioration
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aghast
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adj-feeling great dismay or honor-terrified
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granary
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n-a storehouse for grain
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choleric
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adj-easily angered
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impede
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v- to hinder, obstruct
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qualm
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n-a feeling of uneasiness
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lampoon
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n-a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone
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narcissistic
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adj-conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration
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eradicate
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v-to wipe out; to destroy
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fabricate
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v-to concoct; to make up a story in order to deceive
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ghastly
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adj-horrible; frightful
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fallible
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adj- capable of error
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blatant
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adj-obious; too conspicious
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dawdle
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v-to waste time
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affiliate
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n-an associate, partner
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fawn
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v-to act slavishly submissive
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calumny
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n-a false and malicious accusation
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berate
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v-to scold or rebuke severely and at length
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minion
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n-a fawning, servile follower
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desolate
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adj-lonely; forlorn; uninhabited;barren
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bane
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n-the casue of ruin harm, distess, or death
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pacify
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v-calm down
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garble
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v-to mix up or distort
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prevaricate
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v-to lie
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filch
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v-to steal
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neophyte
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n-beginner
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flagrant
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adj-glaringly bad; outrageous
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patrician
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n-an aristocrat
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emissary
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n- one sent on a secial mission to represent others
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kindred
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adj-having similar origin,nature, or character
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fracas
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n-a loud quarrel or fight
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lacerate
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v-to tear(flesh) jaggedly
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futile
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adj-useless; pointless
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immaculate
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adj-soptless;perfect
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gait
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n-manner of walking
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carp
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v-to complain or to find fault in a petty or nagging way
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query
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v-to ask, inquire
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queue
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n-a line of people waiting their turn
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nefarious
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adj-very wicked; notorious
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genesis
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n-beginning;origin
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facade
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n-a deceptive outward appearance;a misrepresentation
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deluge
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n-a flood;an overwhelming rush
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catholic
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adj-universal; wide ranging
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eerie
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adj-weird, mysterious;strange and frightening
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martial
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adj-warlike; military
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anthropomorphic
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adj-attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods
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beneficiary
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n-one who receives benefits
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careen
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v-to swerve or lurch from side to side while in motion
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aplomb
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n-self confidence
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quile
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n-slyness and cunning in dealing w/others
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modicum
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n-a small amount
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fester
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v-to grow embittered over time;to rot
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lanquish
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v-to become weak or feeble;to lose strength
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pall
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n-something that covers or conceals
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havoc
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n-great destruction;chaos
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rancid
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adj-havind a bad taste or smell;spoiled
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holocaust
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n-a great or complete destructioin of life
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embroil
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v-to draw into a conflict or fight
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anachronism
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n-something or someone existing outside of its proper time
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denigrate
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v-to attack the reputation of; to speak ill of
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humane
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adj-kind, compassionate
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effusive
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adj-emotioinally excessive;overly demonstative
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defunct
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adj-no longer in existence
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lackey
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n-a slavish follower
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envisage
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v-to form a mental picture
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lament
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v-to mourn
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gape
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v-to stare with an open mouth
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impertinent
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adj-rude and desrespectful
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haughty
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adj-arrogant;proud
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nemesis
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n-someone or something a person cannot conquer or achieve; a hated enemy
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lethal
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adj-deadly,fatal
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catalyst
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n- a person,thing,or agent that speeds up or stimulates a result,reaction,or change
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jargon
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n-vocab. dinstinctive to a particular group of people
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judicioius
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adj-showing sound judgement
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foible
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n-a minor weakness in character
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benediction
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n-the act of blessing
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frivolous
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adj-trivial;silly
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alacrity
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n-liveliness,willingness,eagerness
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deify
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v-to make a god of;to look upon or worship as a god
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carnage
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n-bloody and extensive slaghter
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impel
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v-push into motion
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epitaph
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n-an inscription on a tombsone;a brief comment about a deceased person
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epitaph
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n-an inscription on a tombsone;a brief comment about a deceased person
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harp
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v-to persist in talking continuously(on or about something)
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lateral
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adj-of or relating to the side
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pallid
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adj-pale;faint in color
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impetuous
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adj-acting suddenly without thought
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