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Vocabulary Workshop Level 5 Unit 13 (11-20)
voacb words for grade 12 english
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12th Grade
04/23/2012

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foment
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(v) to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm
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grisly
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(adj) frightful, horrible, ghstly, gruesome, gory, hideous
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herculean
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(adj) (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercase h) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength
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impassive
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(adj) showing no feeling or emotion, inanimate, motionless
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inauspicious
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(adj) unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future, 
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Incontrovertible
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(adj) unquestionable, beyond dispute, indisputable
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nonplussed
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(adj, part/) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss, perplexed, baffeled
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opportune
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(adj) suitable or convenient for a particular purpose, occuring at an appropriate time
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prolific
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(adj) abundantly productive, abundant, profuse
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rejoinder
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(n) a reply to a reply, especially from the defedant in a legal suit
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