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Mrs Bolt Vocabulary
Lesson 11
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English
9th Grade
12/05/2008

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abet
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to encourage or to assist (usually an offense against justice or the law)
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agile
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characterized by ability to move quickly with suppleness and grace
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antidote
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something that relieves the effects of poison
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ascertain
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to find out definately; to determine
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benevolence
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kindness, generosity, charity
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desolate
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deserted, without inhabitants, barren
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din
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loud and discordant noises, cacophony
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dissuade
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to advise agianst, to talk out of
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distend
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to expand, to swell
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enervation
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weakness
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eulogy
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praise or tribute
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fitful
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irregular
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indelible
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cannot be removed, washed away or earsed
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inert
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unable to move or to act, sluggish
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malevolence
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ill will or evil intentions
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obliterate
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to remove all traces of; to do away with; to destroy completely; to cancel
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ornate
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excessively decorated
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paucity
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scarcity, fewness of number, dearth
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piety
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devotion and reverence to God
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precarious
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dangerous, risky, not a secure situation
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prosaic
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commonplace, uninspired, banal
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quiescent
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inactive, dormant
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scintillating
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sparkling, shinning, of flashing
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squalid
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filthy in appearance, sordid
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vexation
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discomfort or distress
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