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unit 14
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Education
8th Grade
04/09/2009

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Term
amplify
Definition
to make stronger, larger, greater, louder
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armistice
Definition
a temporary peace, halt in fighting
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arrogant
Definition
haughty, too convinced of one's own importance
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bland
Definition

gentle, soothing, mild;

lacking interest or taste

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disclaim
Definition

to deny interest in or connection with;

to give up all claim to

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epoch
Definition
a distinct period of time, era, age
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estrange
Definition
to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep at a distance
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gratify
Definition

to please, satisfy;

to indulge or humor

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infinite
Definition

exceedingly great, inexhaustible,without limit,endless,

a namr for God

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irascible
Definition
easily made angry, hot tempered
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kindred
Definition
a person's relatives; a family relationship, related to blood, like, similar
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naive
Definition
innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of wordly knowledge and experience
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niche
Definition
a decorative recess in a wall, a suitable place or position for a person or thing
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obliterate
Definition
to blot out completely, destroy utterly
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ramshackle
Definition
appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky
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ransack
Definition
to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder
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rote
Definition
unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something
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solvent
Definition

able to meet one's financial obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances;

a liquid used to dissolve other substances

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tedious
Definition
long and tiresome
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vendor
Definition
a person who sells something
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