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Unit 12
Unit 12 vocabulary words from Sadlier Oxford Level G
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English
11th Grade
05/12/2010

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Importune
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v. To trouble with demands; to beg for insistently
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Fetish
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n. an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence
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Espouse
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v. to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry
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Interpolate
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v. to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction
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Gregarious
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adj. living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others
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Aesthetic
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adj. pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beatury, artistic
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Discomfit
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v. to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to comfuse, perplex, or embarass
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Hapless
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adj. marked by persistent absence of good luck
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Conjecture
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n. a guess, tentative story
v. to make a guess, surmise
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Impeccable
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adj. faultless, beyond criticism or blame
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Defunct
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adj. no longer in existence or functioning, dead
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Laconic
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adj. concise, using few words
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Nadir
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n. the lowest point
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Languish
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v. to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop, to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect
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Irreparable
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adj. incapable of being repaired or rectified
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Perfunctory
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adj. done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm
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Mendacious
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adj. given to lying ot deception; untrue
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Omnipresent
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adj. present in all places at all times
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Tantamount
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adj. equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect
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Requite
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v. to make suitable repayment, as for kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate
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Plaintive
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adj. expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy
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Unregenerate
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adj. persisting in holding obstinately to old ideas or habits; unrepentant, unreformed
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