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Unit 3
From Saddlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level D
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English
9th Grade
01/11/2010

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Abridge
Definition

V.

To make shorter.

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Adherent
Definition

n. a follower,supporter

adj. attached, sticking to

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Altercation
Definition
n. an angry argument 
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Cherubic
Definition
Adj. resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, roung, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
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Condone
Definition
V. to pardon or overlook
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Dissent
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V. to disagree n. disagreement
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Eminent
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Adj. famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
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Exorcise
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v. to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublsome,menacing or oppresive
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Fabricate
Definition
v. to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
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Irate
Definition
Adj. angry
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Marauder
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n. a raider, plunderer
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Obesity
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n. excessive fatness
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Pauper
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n. an extremely poor person
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Pilfer
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v. to steal in small quantities
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Rift
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n. a split, break, breach
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Semblance
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n. a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
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Surmount
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v. to overcome, rise above
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Terminate
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v. to bring to an end
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Trite
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adj. commonplace; overused, stale
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Usurp
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v. to seize and hold a position by force or without right
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