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Vocabulary Workshop Level F
Chapters 7-11
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English
10th Grade
06/06/2009

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Florid
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Very Ornate and Overdecorated
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Supposition
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The act of assuming or supposing without proof
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Covert
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Hidden or kept secret on purpose; Covered
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Conducive
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Contributing to an end; beneficial
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Gauntlet
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An onslaught or attack from all sides; A protective glove from Medieval Times
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Redoubtable
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Inspiring fear and awe
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Vulnerable
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Susceptible to physical or emotional injury
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Perfidy
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Faithlessness; Treachery
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Abstemious
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Temperate and moderate in diet
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Censurable
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Worthy of blame or censure
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Odium
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A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust; Intense hatred
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Adulation
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Excessive flattery or praise
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Debase
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To lower in character, quality or value
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Disavow
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To deny responsibility for
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Acrimonious
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Full of Bitterness
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Egregious
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Obviously bad or offensive
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Dispassionate
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Unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
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Palpable
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Capable of being touched and felt, tangible
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Redoubtable
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inspiring fear and awe
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Punctilious
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Strictly attentive to minute details of conduct or etiquette
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Pillage
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To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war, to plunder
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Accrue
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To increase or accumulate over time or natural growth
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Gauche
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Lacking in social grace; tactless
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Contingent
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Also, a representative group
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Consternation
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Panic, confusion
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Avarice
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Extreme desire for wealth or getting and keeping riches
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Penury
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Extreme poverty; Insufficiency or scarcity
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Inculcate
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To teach by repetition
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Dissension
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Difference of opinion or feeling; Disagreement
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Debonair
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Having courteous or polished manners or charm
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Resuscitate
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To revive
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Reprove
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To voice or convey disapproval of; to scold
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Munificent
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Very giving or extremely generous
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Stalwart
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One who strongly supports an organization or party; (adj.) Having or marked by imposing physical strength
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Dowdy
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Lacking style or good taste; shabby
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Salient
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Standing out, noticeable, prominent, or conspicuous
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Disconcert
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To cause to lose one's composure
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Invective
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Abusive language or a strong insult
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Crass
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So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
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Recondite
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Dealing with abstract or hard to understand information
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Anathema
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A person or thing that is the object of strong dislike
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Anathema
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A person or thing that is the object of strong dislike
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Beneficient
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Characterized by charity and kindness
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Intemperate
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Excessive use, especially with alcoholic beverages; Lack of self-control
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Desecrate
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To violate the sacred character of; To commit sacrilege
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Ignoble
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Not noble
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Equanimity
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Calmness or composure especially under pressure
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Perceptive
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Showing a keen sense of understanding or insight
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Foist
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Showing a keen sense of understanding or insight
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Foist
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Showing a keen sense of understanding or insight
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Foist
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Showing a keen sense of understanding or insight
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Motley
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Composed of a great variety of elements
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Inconsequential
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Lacking worth or importance
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Inimical
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Unfriendly or hostile
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Efficacious
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Effective or able to produce a desired effect
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Restitution
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The act of restoring something to the rightful owner
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Gratuitous
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Free or done without charge
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Disconcert
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To cause to lose one's composure
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Astute
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Having discernment or cleverness
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Irresolute
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Unsure of how to make a decision or unable to proceed
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Pernicious
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Causing harm or ruin or injury; Deadly
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Culpable
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Guilty or deserving of blam
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Expurgate
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To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from a text
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Avarice
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Extreme desire for wealth or getting and keeping riches
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Mitigate
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To make milder, softer or more endurable
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Recapitulate
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To repeat again or to sum up the main points
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Dun
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To demand payment
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Reprobate
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Something or someone given to sin or wickedness; (adj.) Morally unprincipled, wicked, or sinful
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Slovenly
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Untidy or unclean or careless in dress or appearance
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Dissension
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Difference of opinion or feeling; Disagreement
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Bedlam
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Confusion and chaos
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Dilatory
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Not on time or not prompt or marked by procrastination or delay
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Subservient
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Submissive
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Imperious
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Overbearing or demanding or seeking to dominate
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Denizen
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(n.) An inhabitant or resident; A person who visits a place often
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Satiate
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To satisfy to the full
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Torpid
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Sluggish or inactive
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Specious
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Appearing as good but lacking in merit
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Austere
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Sever or stern
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Discursive
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Rambling or moving aimlessly from topic to topic
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Impugn
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To call into question; To challenge as false
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Disseminate
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To scatter or spread abroad
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Nebulous
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Hazy, vague, or indistinct
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Intemperate
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Excessive use, especially with alcoholic beverages; Lack of self-control
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Dissipate
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To disperse or disappear
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Prate
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To talk about aimlessly or foolishly
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Pretentious
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Something done for show or to make a big impression
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