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Mr. Marsh Final
final vocab/roots for Mr. Marsh English-9
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9th Grade
01/14/2011
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Lect
 Definition
to choose
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vap,vac
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empty
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Malevolent
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having or showing intense, vicious ill will or hatred
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mal
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bad
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ben, bon
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good
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vol
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will, desire, choice
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assuage
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to lessen the intensity of, to ease, to pacify
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pel, puls
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to drive
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irascible
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having a hot temper or being easily angered
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mor, mort
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death
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untrammeled
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inconfined, unrestriced, free
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apathetic
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indifferent, uninterested, lethargic
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path, pathy
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feeling, suffering
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cacophony
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an unpleasant combination of loud, often jarring, sounds
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phon
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sound
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pon, pos, pound
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place, put
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pernicious
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highly injurious or destructive, deadly
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disparage
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to belittle, to degrade someone
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garish
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loud and flashy, excessive ornamentation
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acer, acid, acri
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bitter, sour, sharp
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facetious
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playfully joking/sometimes mocking; humorous
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frag, fract
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break
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soli, solo
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alone
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locut, loqu
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talk, speak
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temporal
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enduring for a short time
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tempo
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time
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fickle
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marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability; changeable
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fid, fed
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faith, trust
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pensive
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dreamily thoughtful; suggestive of sad thoughtfulness
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mon
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warm, remind
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reg, recti
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straighten
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chron
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time
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impudent
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lacking modesty; marked by cocky boldness or disregard for others
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sacrilegious
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being disrespectful toward something sacred or religious, blasphemous
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sacr, secre, sanc
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sacred
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cap, cept, cip
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take, hold
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colloquial
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conversational, familiar, informal, usually in speech
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luc, lum, lus, lun
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light
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pretentious
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having exaggerated importance, phony, ostentatious
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dogmatic
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having a fixed or narrow opinion, inflexible in one's opinion
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doc, dog
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teach
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neo, nov
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new
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placate
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to soothe or mollify, to appease
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plac
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please
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acu
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sharp
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conjecture
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(v)to form an opinion
(n)a guess or judgement
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ject
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throw
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pan
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all
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stringent
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strictly controlled or enforced
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phil
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love
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phob
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fear
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prehend
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grasp, seize
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magnanimous
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showing courageous spirit, generous
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magn
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great
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meticulous
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to delay unnecessarily
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spec, spect, spic
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look
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omniscient
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having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight
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omni
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all
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sci
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know
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pious
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showing religious devotion
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circ, circum
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around
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ven, vent
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come
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err
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wander
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infallibility
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condition of being unable to fail
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fall, fals
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deceive
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palpable
 Definition
able to be touched or felt
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