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Vocabulary 29
LTF Ch. 29
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English
9th Grade
11/08/2007

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adherent
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a follower of something such as a leader, party, philosophy, or profession
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advent
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a coming or arrival
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cache
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a hole or hiding place used to store supplies
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celstial
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pertaining to the sky or heavens
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certitudes
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things that are inevitable or certain, certainties
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chide
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to voice disapproval, to scold
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converge
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to move together
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dictum
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an authoritative statement, decree
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effusion
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a pouring forth (usually overdone in writing or speech0
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exacting
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demanding, requiring great care
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excise
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to remove by cutting
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fetid
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having an offensive smell, malodorous
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harbor
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to give shelter or refuge
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impermeable
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not able to be penetrated, unable to be passed through
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incipient
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beginning to come into being, the early stage of something
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insolvent
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without money, broke
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jettison
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to discard or to cast off, many times relate to spacecraft
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obtrude
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to thrust out, to thrust forward
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quandary
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dilemma
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repentant
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penitent, characterized by showing repentance or contrition for a past sing
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salubrious
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healthful, favorable to one's well-being
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squander
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to waste
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tenet
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a doctrine or principle held as being true
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validate
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to give official sanction
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vista
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a distant view seen through an opening
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