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Vocabulary Test
Units 3 & 4
40
English
9th Grade
10/05/2008

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Plunder
Definition
Take goods by force; loot
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Squall
Definition
Brief; violent storm (at sea)
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Dispatch
Definition
Finish quickly
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Mammoth
Definition
Enourmous
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Titanic
Definition
Of great size or strength
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Assuage
Definition
Calm; pacify
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Bereft
Definition
Deprived
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Ardor
Definition
Passion; enthusiasm
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Insidious
Definition
Characterized by craftiness and betrayal (negative)
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Guile
Definition
Craftiness; cunning (positive)
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Mutinous
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Rebelious
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Prodigious
Definition
Enourmous (size and proportion)
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Victuals
Definition
Food or other provisions
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Whim
Definition
Sudden thought or wish to do somthing
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Brace
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Pair
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Din
Definition
Loud, continuous noise; uproar
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Sage
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Wise
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Pinioned
Definition
Confined or shackled; to restrain or immobilize a person by binding the arms
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Libations
Definition
Wine or other liquid poured upon the ground as a sacrafice to a god
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Cuirass
Definition
Armor for the upper body
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Travail
Definition
Very hard work
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Maelstrom
Definition
Large; violent whirlpool
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Contrive
Definition
Think up; devise
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Dissemble
Definition
Conceal under a false appearance; disguise
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Lithe
Definition
Supple; lumber
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Incredulity
Definition
Inability to believe
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Bemusing
Definition
Stupefying or muddling
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Glowering
Definition
Staring with sullen anger; scowling
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Equity
Definition
Fairness; impartiality; justice
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Maudlin
Definition
Tearfully or foolishly sentimental
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Contempt
Definition
Disdain or scorn; scornful feelings
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Oblation
Definition
Offering to a god
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Shirk
Definition
Avoid, shun, evade
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Haughty
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Arrogant
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Impudence
Definition
Quality of being shamelessly bold; disrespectful
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Ruse
Definition
The actual crafty devise
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Wile
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Craftiness; sly trick (quality)
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Revelry
Definition
Boisterous festivity
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Abyss
Definition
Ocean depths
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Prevail
Definition
Triumph, win
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