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Vocab Unit 3
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English
10th Grade
10/12/2008

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urbane
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refined in manner of style,suave
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sojourn
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(n) a temporary stay

(v) to stay for a time
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redress
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(v) to set right, remedy

(n) a relief from wrong or injury
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punitive
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(adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment
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precedent
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(n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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perpetuate
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(v) to make permanent or long lasting
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negligible
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(adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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muse
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(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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inclement
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stormy,harsh; severe in attitude or action
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harass
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disturb
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fallow
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(adj) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow

(n) land left unseeded

(v) to plow but not seed
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exhilarate
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to enliven
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demise
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death
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delete
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erase wipe out
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culinary
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of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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craven
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(adj) cowwardly

(n) a coward
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coerce
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(v) to compel force
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artifice
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(n) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
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alienate
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(v) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
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adversary
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an enemy, opponent
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