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Vocab D-12
Vocabulary book D, section 12
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Grammar
9th Grade
04/19/2010

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Assiduous
Definition

His ASSIDUOUS research on cancer led to the discovery of a cure.

 

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Condescend
Definition

The king won’t even CONDESCEND to the normal people, let alone house them.

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Epiphany
Definition

While committing a crime, the man had an EPIPHANY about right vs. wrong.

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Exhilaration
Definition

I felt a sense of Exhilaration when I got a 97 on the biology test.

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Panacea
Definition

When I was sick, my mom gave me a homemade panacea that had me up and energized the next day.

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Phsiognomy
Definition

Plastic surgery was required to fix the very ugly man’s PHYSIOGNOMY.

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Polyphonic
Definition

When the trumpet, saxophone, and piano played together, the sound was said to be POLYPHONIC.

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Propensity
Definition

Her PROPENSITY to laugh while hiding always gave her position away.

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Propinquity
Definition

The burglars PROPINQUITY to me while I was hiding from him gave me chills.

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Rescind
Definition

I RESCINDED my contract with him when I found out he was not who he said he was.

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Revel
Definition

He REVELED in the wealth he won from the lottery.

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Rhapsodize
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She constantly RHAPSODIZED her personal anger to her co-workers.

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Umbrage
Definition
He took UMBRAGE when I told him he had the mental capacity of a 6-year-old child.
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Voluble
Definition

The VOLUBLE student always annoyed the teacher because he would talk during the lecture.

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Wizened
Definition

The old and WIZENED man surprised everyone when he got up and started break dancing.

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