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Sadlier Oxford Level C
Unit 8
20
General Vocab
8th Grade
04/02/2009

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Abut

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V- to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up

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Attire

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N- Clothes, apparel, garb V- to dress, adorn or bedeck

 

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avail
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V- to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit of benefit

N- use, benefit or value

 

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crony
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N- a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
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cryptic
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adj- puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
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divergent
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adj- going in different direnctions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
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enmity
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N- hatred, ill-will
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fervent
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adj- very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
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gaunt
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adj- thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
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infiltrate
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v- to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
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nullify
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V- to make of no value or sonsequence, cancel, wipe out
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perceptible
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Adj- capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
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plummet
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V- to plunge straight down N- a weight fastened to a line
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proclaim
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V- to declare publicly or officialy
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proxy
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N- an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another;s place
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rankle
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V- to cause anger, irritation or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)

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scavenger
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N- a person who collects or removes usable items from waste material; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
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stint
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V- to limit, be sparing or frugal N- a limit or restriction ; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
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stotical
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adj- self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
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unflagging
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adj- tireless, continuing with vigor
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