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MIDTERM VOCAB. REVIEW
BOOK VOCABULARY WORKSHOP LEV: E
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English
10th Grade
01/16/2009
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Adroit
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adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind.
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Alienate
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v.) to turn away: to make indifferent or hostile.
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Artifice
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n.) A skillful or ingenious device: a clever trick: a clever skill: trickery
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Averse
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adj.) Having a deep-seated distance, opposed, unwilling
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Attain
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n.) an accomplishment
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Belligerent
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adj.)Given to fighting, war like: Combative, aggressive: n.) one at war, one engaged in war
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coerce
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v.) to compel, force
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Commodious
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adj.)roomy, spacious
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Cursory
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adj.) hasty, not through
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Delete
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V.) to erase
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Discrepancy
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n.) a difference, lack of agreement
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Duplicity
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n.) treachery, deceitfulness
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Esteem
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v.) to regard highly
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Inclement
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adj.) stormy, harsh
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infallible
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adj.) free from error
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insidious
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adj.)intended to entrap or beguile
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intimation
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n.) a hint
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meticulous
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adj.) extremely careful
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obviate
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v.) to anticipate and prevent
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ominous
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adj.) unfavorable
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omniscient
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adj.)having complete or unlimited knowledge
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panacea
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n.) a remedy for all illness
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perpetuate
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v.) to make permanent, long lasting
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