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Vocab Lessons 6-10
Vocab Lessons 6-10
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English
10th Grade
01/23/2013

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daub
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(v) to paint coarsely or unskillfully
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daunt
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(v) to make afraid or discouraged
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dawdle
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(v) to waste time
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debonair
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(adj) carefree and self-confident in manner; elegant and gracious
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decadence
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(n) moral deterioration
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declaim
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(v) to speak in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering manner
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defunct
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(adj) no longer in existence
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deify
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(v) to make a god of; to look upon or worship as a god
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delete
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(v) to take out; cross out
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delude
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(v) to mislead; to fool
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deluge
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(n) a flood; a great downpour; an overwhelming rush of anything
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demented
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(adj) mentally ill; insane
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demise
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(n) death; a ceasing to exist
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denigrate
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(v) to ruin the reputation of; speak ill of
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denizen
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(n) an occupant; inhabitant
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deplete
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(v) to use up gradually
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desecrate
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(v) to damage a holy place; to treat with irreverence
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desist
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(v) to stop; forbear
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desolate
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(adj) lonely; forlorn; uninhabited; barren
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despot
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(n) a dictator with absolute power
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edifice
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(n) a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building
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educe
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(v) to draw or bring out
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eerie
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(adj) weird, mysterious; strange and frightening
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efface
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(v) to obliterate; to wipe out
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effrontery
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(n) unashamed boldness
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effusive
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(adj) a pouring out; an excessive display of emotion; overly demonstrative
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egalitarian
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(adj and n) belief in the equality of all men
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egress
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(n) the right to go out, or a way to go out
(v) to go out; emerge
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elated
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(adj) to be in high spirits; exultantly proud and joyful
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elite
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(n) the choice or best of a group
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elude
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(v) to escape notice; to get away from
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embroil
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(v) to draw into a conflict or fight
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emissary
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(n) one sent on a special mission to represent others
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emit
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(v) to send out; to give forth, as in sound
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enmity
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(n) deep-seated hostility, often mutual
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ensue
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(v) to result from
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entice
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(v) to attract by offering reward or pleasure
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entity
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(n) an independent being; a real and independent existence
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envisage
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(v) to form a mental picture
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epigram
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(n) a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation
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epitath
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(n) inscription on a tombstone
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equivocal
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(adj) ambiguous; purposely vague
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eradicate
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(v) to wipe out; destory
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fabricate
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(v) to make, to build; to make up a story in order to deceive
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facade
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(n) deceptive outward appearance; front part of a building
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fallible
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(adj) capable of error
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fallow
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(adj) inactive; unproductive
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farcical
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(adj) absurd; ridiculously clumsy
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fatalistic
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(adj) believing that all things in life are inevitable, determined by fate
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fawn
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(v) to act slavishly submissive; a young deer
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fealty
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(n) loyalty; faithfulness
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feign
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(v) to pretend
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fesity
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(adj) aggressive; lively, energetic
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felicity
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(n) happiness
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felonious
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(adj) of, like, or constituting a felony (major crime)
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fester
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(v) to rot; to form pus; to grow embittered
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fiat
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(n) an official order
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fiedlity
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(n) faithfulness
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filch
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(v) to steal
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filial
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(adj) due from a son or daughter
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