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Vocab Unit 9 & 10
unit 9 & 10 from Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level D
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9th Grade
04/03/2008

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candid
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frank, sincere, impartial, unposed
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auxiliary
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giving assistance or support- helper, aid
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cubicle
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small room or compartment
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drudgery
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work t hat is hard and tiresome
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envoy
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a representative or messenger (as of government)
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escalate
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to elevate; to increase in intensity
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expediant
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a means to an end (n) ; advantageous, useful (adj)
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feign
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to pretend
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flair
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a natural quality, talent, or skill
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grievous
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causing sorrow or pain; serious
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heterogeneous
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composed of different kinds, diverse
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horde
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crowd, mass, swarm
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impel
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to force, drive forward
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incredulous
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disbelieving, skeptical
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inscribe
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to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
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monologue
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a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
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prognosis
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a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
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rasping
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with a harsh, grating sounds (adj) ; a harsh sound (n)
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repugnant
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offensive, disagreeable, distateful
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scuttle
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to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry (v) ; a pail (n)
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adept
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throughly skilled (adj) ; an expert (n)
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aspire
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to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend
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bleak
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bare, dreary, dismal
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chide
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to blame or scold
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despicable
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worth of scorn comtemptible
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diminutive
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small, smaller than other of the same type
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emancipate
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to free from slavery
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erroneous
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incorrect, containing mistakes
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exploit
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to make use of, develop (v) ; a feat, deed (n)
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extemporaneous
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made or delivered on the spur of the moment
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impair
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to make imperfect, damage, harm
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invincible
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not able to be defeated, unbeatable
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languid
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drooping without energy; sluggish
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mire
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mud,wet, swampy ground, a tough situation (n) ; to get stuck (v)
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obtrusive
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forward; undesirable prominent; thrust out
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preamble
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an introduction to a speech or piece of writing
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render
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to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract
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rugged
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rough, irregular, severe, stern, strong, stormy
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skeptical
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inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true
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slipshod
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untidy in dress, personal habits,careless, sloppy
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