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Vocabulary 7
9th Grade
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9th Grade
11/09/2010

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Term
choleric
Definition

link: collar

 

hot-tempered; quick to anger

 

"Our dog became choleric whenever we collared him."

Term
circumspect
Definition

link: inspect

 

cautious; heedful of situations and potential consequences

 

"A circumspect inspection"

Term
circumvent
Definition

link: circle tent

 

to surround; enclose; bypass

 

"The Indians circumvented the tent."

Term

clone

 

Definition

link: cone

 

an exact duplicate

 

"Clone cones"

Term
coerce
Definition

link: horse

 

to force someone by threatening or physicall overpowering him

 

"Coercing a horse"

 

 

Term
confiscate
Definition

link: con cake

 

to seize

 

"The con's cake was confiscated."

Term
continuum
Definition

link: continue

 

a continuous whole without clear division into parts

 

"A beam of light is a continuum which continues from its source."

Term

conundrum

 

 

Definition

link: nun's drum

 

a dilemma; any problem or puzzle

 

"The nun's drums created a conundrum."

Term
copious
Definition

link: cup

 

abundant; plentiful

 

"A copious cup of coffee"

Term
corpulent
Definition

link: corporal

 

fat; obese

 

"A corpulent corporal"

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