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Sadlier-Oxford Level D
Unit 9
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English
9th Grade
02/04/2007

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auxliliary
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(adj.) giving assistance or support; (n.) a helper, aid
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candid
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(adj.) frank, sincere; impatial; unposed
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cubicle
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(n.) a small room or compartment
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drudgery
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(n.) work that is hard and tiresome
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envoy
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(n.) a representative or messanger (as of a government)
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escalate
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(v.) to elevate; to increase in intensity
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expedient
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(n.) a means to an end; (adj.) advantageous, useful
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feign
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(v.) to pretend
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flair
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(n.) a natural quality, talent. or skill; a distinctive style
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grievous
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(adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious
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heterogeneous
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(adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse
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horde
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(n.) a vast number (as of people); a throng
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impel
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(v.) to force, drive forward
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incredulous
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(adj.) disbelieving, skeptical
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inscribe
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(v.) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
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monologue
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(n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
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prognosis
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(n.) a forcast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
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rasping
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(adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; (n.) a harsh sound
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repugnant
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(adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
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scuttle
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(v.) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n.) a pail
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