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Lesson 9 Words
The Head
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English
9th Grade
02/18/2011

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CAPITALIST
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n. 1. A person who has invested personal wealth in business
2. A very wealthy person
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CAPITULATION
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n. surrender; ending resistance
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DECAPITATE
Definition
tr. v. To cut off the head of; to behead
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PRECIPICE
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n. A very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock
2. the edge of a dangerous situation
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PRECIPITATE
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tr. v. 1. To throw down from a great height 2. To make happen suddenly or quickly
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RECAPITULATION
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n. 1. The restatement of a main idea
2. A summary or concise review
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CEREBRAL
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adj. 1. Pertaining to the brain
2. Intellectual
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CEREBRATION
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n. The action of thinking; thought
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DEFACE
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tr. v. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of something
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EFFACE
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tr. v. 1. To wipe out; to obliterate. also, to make less clear, as if rubbing out.
2. To make oneself inconspicuous
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FACADE
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n. A face of a building
2. The face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front
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FACET
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n. 1. One of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel
2. One aspect of a situation or of a tooth
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AFFRONT
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tr.v. To insult intentionally; to offend or embarrass

n. An insult or offensive act
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CONFRONT
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tr. v. 1. To stand or come directly in front of
2. To face with defiance or hostility
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EFFRONTERY
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n. Flippant or insulting boldness; audacity
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