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Vocabulary Words - 7th Week
7th Week
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7th Grade
03/21/2013
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IMPLACABLE
 Definition
cannot be pacified, inexorable
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PAROXYSM
 Definition
a fit, sudden outburst
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REPREHENSIBLE
 Definition
worth of blame
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JURISDICTION
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power, range of authority
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SKIRMISH
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small fight, brief encounter
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Idiom: cause celebre
 Definition
a famous law case or controversy
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HARASS
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to trouble, torment
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MONOLITHIC
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massively solid
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INDIGENT
 Definition
poor, needy
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ARBITRARY
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based on whim, dictatorial
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FRAY
 Definition
a fight
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Idiom: one swallow does not make a summer
 Definition
don't jump to conclusions based on incomplete evidence
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STYMIE
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to hinder, impede
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EFFIGY
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a likeness (usually of a hated person)
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FLOUT
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show contempt, scoff
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COGNIZANT
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aware, conscious
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TURBULENT
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unruly, agitated
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Idiom: a bitter pill to swallow
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a humiliating defeat
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TERMINATE
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to end, halt
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FORTHWITH
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immediately, at once
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EXACERBATE
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to irritate, make worse
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REVERT
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return, go back
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OUST
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to drive out, reject
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Idiom: An ax to grind.
 Definition
having a selfish motive in the background.
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