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Units 8 & 11
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Units 8 and 11, level d
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9th Grade
06/14/2008
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assurance
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a pledge, freedom from doubt
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asylum
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an institution for the care of children, insane people, etc..
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console
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to comfort, control panel for an electronic device
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dilate
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to make or become larger
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dross
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refuse, waste products
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dwindle
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to lesson or diminish
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flippant
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lacking in seriousness; disrespectful
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immunity
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resistance to disease; freedom from a charge or obligation
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institute
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to establish; organization for the promotion of learning
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liability
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a debt; something disadvantageous
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preposterous
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ridiculous, senseless
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pugnacious
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quarrelsome, fond of fighting
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rabid
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furious; violently intense
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realm
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a kingdom
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rejuvenate
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to make young again
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remunerate
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to reward, pay, reimburse
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sparse
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meager, scant, scattered
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sterling
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genuine, excellent
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venture
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a risky or daring undertaking; to expose to danger
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warp
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to twist out of shape
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brevity
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shortness
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comport
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to conduct or bear oneself; behave
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concise
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expressing much in a few words
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demure
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sober of serious in manner
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depreciation
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a lessening in value
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deteriorate
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to lower in quality or value
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divulge
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to tell, reveal, or make public
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enightened
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free from ignorance and false ideas
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forestall
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to prevent by acting first
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garble
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to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible
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proponent
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one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief
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quaver
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to shake; trenble
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recoil
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to spring back; shrink
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recoup
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to make up for; regain
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reek
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an unpleasant smell
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relentless
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unyielding, harsh, without pity
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rivulet
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a small stream
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squander
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to spend foolishly, waste
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staccato
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detached or discounted in sound or style
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statute
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a law
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