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Vocabulary Review Weeks 1-5
Review of Vocabulary from weeks 1-5
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English
11th Grade
10/11/2010

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Abdicate
Definition
to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), esp. in a voluntary, public, or formal manner
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Advent
Definition
a coming into place, view, or being; arrival
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Conducive
Definition
tending to produce; conducing; contributive; helpful; favorable
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Edict
Definition
any authoritative proclamation or command.
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Intervene
Definition
to occur or be between two things
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Circumvent
Definition
to go around or bypass
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Covenant
Definition
an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified
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Relegate
Definition
to confined or send to her lower or inferior position, condition, or place
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Legacy
Definition
anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor
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Allegation
Definition
an assertion (statement) with little or no proof
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Recrimination
Definition
a bitter counter-charge or counter-accusation against an accuser
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Secrete
Definition
to discharge, generate or release; to separate out a substance from cells
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Unjustly
Definition
without or lacking fairness
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Jurisdiction
Definition
Right, power or authority to interpret and apply the law; the limits or territory where authority may be exercised
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Entreat
Definition
to ask a request something earnestly; to beg; to implore
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Innate
Definition
existing from birth; inborn; inherent in one's character
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Intrinsic
Definition
part of the essential nature; inherent or belonging to by its very nature
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Ensue
Definition
follow in order; to come afterward; to follow as a result
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Distraught
Definition
bewildered; deeply agitated; troubles with belt or mental conflict
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Natal
Definition
Of or pertaining to a person's birth; accompanying birth
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Renaissance
Definition
Renewal; rebirth
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insidious
Definition
Treacherous or deceitful; intending to entrap or beguile with grave effect
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insufferable
Definition
Incapable of being endured; intolerable
definitive Providing a final solution: conclusive; authoritative and apparently completely informative; limiting precisely; satisfying all criteria
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affinity
Definition
A natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing or idea; a close resemblance or connection
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sedentary
Definition
Characterized by a sitting posture, inactivity and lack of exercise
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infinitesimal
Definition
Exceedingly tiny; minute; immeasurably small; less than an assignable quantity
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deferential
Definition
Showing respectful or courteous regard; yielding to the will or opinion of another
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finesse
Definition
extreme delicacy in handling a difficult situation
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Transgression
Definition
violation of the law or a duty; a sin
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Decadent
Definition
marked by declining, decay or deterioration; characterized by self indulgence
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Motif
Definition
a dominant idea or central theme; a repeated design or color; recurring thematic element in the arts
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Deciduous
Definition
shedding leaves annually (some trees)
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Degradation
Definition
declined to a low, destitute, or demoralize
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Momentum
Definition
Strength or force gained by motion or through the development of events; impetus
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Mobilization
Definition
State of putting into movement or circulation; act of assembling or making ready for war duty
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