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VOCABULARY UNIT 13/14/15
grade 10 ellis cp english II
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05/12/2010
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ANTIPATHY
 Definition
STRONG DISLIKE; HATRED.
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APPLICABLE
 Definition
APPROPRIATE; FITTING.
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ASSET
 Definition
USEFUL OR DESIRABLE QUALITY.
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BESET
 Definition
TO HARASS; TO SURROUND ON ALL SIDES.
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COMPASSION
 Definition
TO FEEL SYMPATHETIC; EMPATHY.
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DECORUM
 Definition
GOOD MANNERS.
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DURESS
 Definition
HARDSHIP.
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EXUBERANT
 Definition
ENTHUSIASTIC; ENERGETIC.
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FACSIMILE
 Definition
EXACT; CARBON COPY.
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IMBIBE
 Definition
TO CONSUME BY DRINKING; TO ABSORB.
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IMPLACABLE
 Definition
MERCILESS.
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INFINITESIMAL
 Definition
INSIGNIFICANT.
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INNOCOUS
 Definition
INNOCENT; HARMLESS.
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MILITATE
 Definition
TO HAVE IMPORTANCE; CARRY WEIGHT.
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PATENT
 Definition
RIGHTS TO AN INVENTOR.
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PROWESS
 Definition
ABILITY; SKILL.
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SEDATE
 Definition
CALM; QUIET; COMPOSED.
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STENTORIAN
 Definition
VERY LOUD IN SOUND.
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STIPULATE
 Definition
TO AGREE BUT WITH CONDITIONS.
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ULTIMATUM
 Definition
FINAL OFFER.
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ALACRITY
 Definition
TO BE WILLINGFUL.
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ANTITHESIS
 Definition
EXACT OPPOSITE.
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APPALL
 Definition
TO BE HORRIFIED.
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BELLICOSE
 Definition
EAGER TO FIGHT.
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DISPARAGE
 Definition
TO CRITICIZE; BELITTLE.
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DISSONANT
 Definition
DIFFERENT; CONFLICITING.
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DROLL
 Definition
AMUSING IN AN ODD WAY.
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EDICT
 Definition
AN AUTHORIZED ORDER.
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ELUCIDATE
 Definition
TO EXPLAIN IN DETAIL.
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LAUD
 Definition
TO ACCLAIM; PRAISE.
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LOLL
 Definition
TO RELAX; LAY AROUND.
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LOQUACIOUS
 Definition
TO BE TALKATIVE; GARRULOUS.
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MAGNAMINOUS
 Definition
TO BE FORGIVEFUL.
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MANDATORY
 Definition
REQUIRED; NECCESSARY.
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NONDESCRIPT
 Definition
COMMON; DULL; UNDISTINGUISHED.
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PHLEGMATIC
 Definition
UNEMOTIONAL.
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RESCIND
 Definition
TO REPEAL; ABOLISH.
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VIVACIOUS
 Definition
LIVELY; ANIMATED.
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WHET
 Definition
TO MAKE EAGER; ENCOURAGE.
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ABRASIVE
 Definition
IRRITATING IN MANNER.
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ACCLIMATE
 Definition
TO ADJUST; ADAPT.
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CHAGRIN
 Definition
DISPLEASURE; HUMILIATION.
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COMPLACEMENT
 Definition
TO BE PLEASED WITH ONE'S MERITS; CONTENT.
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CONCUR
 Definition
TO AGREE; APPROVE.
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DEFAMATION
 Definition
TO SLANDER; BACKSTABBING.
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EXPLICATE
 Definition
TO EXPLAIN CLEARLY.
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FRACAS
 Definition
A NOISY FIGHT.
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GROSTESQUE
 Definition
ODD; UNNATURAL LOOKING.
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PANDEMONIUM
 Definition
WILD UPROAR; CHAOS.
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RAUCOUS
 Definition
HARSH; NOISY; STRIDENT.
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RECEPTIVE
 Definition
TO BE OPEN TO NEW IDEAS.
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RENOUNCE
 Definition
TO GIVE UP; ABANDON.
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REPRESS
 Definition
TO KEEP IN; BOTTLE UP.
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RETICENT
 Definition
SECRET; QUIET.
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SAVORY
 Definition
PLEASANT IN TASTE.
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SOMNOLENT
 Definition
SLEEPY; DROWSY.
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VEHEMENT
 Definition
PASSIONATE; OPINIONATED.
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VOLUBLE
 Definition
GARRULOUS; TALKATIVE.
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ZEALOUS
 Definition
ENTHUSIASTIC; DEVOTED.
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ALLEVIATE
 Definition
TO RELIEVE OR LESSEN PAIN.
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