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Unit 3-4 Red
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English
10th Grade
03/04/2012

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Apex
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the highest point, peak
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Baleful
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Threatening; hurtful; malignant; ominous
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Appease
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to soothe; to pacify or relieve by giving into
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Armament
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military supplies and weapons; the process of arming for war
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Asinine
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silly, stupid
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Ascribe
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to attribute to a specific cause, source, or origin
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Assail
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to attack violently
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Atone
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to make amends
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Attrition
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a gradual reduction or weakening; a rubbing away
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Augment
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to make or become greater
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Balk
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to stop short and refuse to proceed
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Bandy
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to trade; to give back and forth; to bat to an fro
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Barrage
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a curtain of artillery fire; any overwhelming attack, as of words or blows
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Battery
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the unlawful beating of a person; act of beating or pounding; any large group of related things
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Bauble
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A small inexpensive treatment
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Bedlam
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a place or scene of noisy uproar and confusion
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Benighted
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being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant; unenlightened
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Bequest
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something left to someone in a will
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Bevy
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a group of animals; an assemblage
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Bland
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Lacking flavor or zest; dull
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