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Level C Unit 4 Vocabulary Workshop
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8th Grade
07/14/2011

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annul
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to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invailid or void
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blase
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indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic
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bolster
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to support, give a boost to; a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post
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deplore
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to feel or express regret or disapproval
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frivolous
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of little importance, not worthly of serious attention; not meant seriously
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muster
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to bring togehter for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to comprise, include;  a list of men for military service, a gathering, accumulation
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nonentity
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a person or thing of no importance
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obsess
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to trouble, haunt, or fill the ming
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ornate
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elaborately decorated; showily spendid
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oust
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to remove, drive out of a position or place
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peruse
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to read thoroughly and carefully
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promontory
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a high point of land extending into water
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prone
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lying face down; inclined, likely
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qulam
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a pang of conscience uneasimess, misgiving or doubt a feeling of faintness or nausea
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recourse
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a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection
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residue
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 a emainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed
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residue
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a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed.
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solicitous
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showing concern or care: fearful or anxious about someone or something
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staid
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serious and dignified: quiet or subdued in character or conduct
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sustain
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to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the valilidity of
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