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vocabulary workshop level f unit 10
the words and the sentences
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English
11th Grade
03/05/2012

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Term
accrue
Definition
Often, only marginal benefits _______, depending very much upon the source of inlet air.
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annotation
Definition
Music and audio can possess textual ___________, or vise versa.
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bedlam
Definition
It was the korean war where alleged american use of germ weapons caused international ______.
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covert
Definition
The landscape is one of rolling hills, pasture, small streams, woods and numerous fox ________.
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debonair
Definition
When I tripped and spilled my soup on his tuxedo, he just brushed it off and said in a gracious and ________ manner, "No harm done. Are you all right, young man?"
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dun
Definition
He owed them a lot of money and they began to ___ him for it.
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efficacious
Definition
For the previous twenty years the nhs had lost interest in hydrotherapy using natural mineral waters, believing that tap water was equally ___________.
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equanimity
Definition
We were encouraged to remain physically still, with the mind maintaining __________.
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fortuitous
Definition
The growth of imperialism in europe is not __________.
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gist
Definition
The main ____ of the story can be found at the new scientist website.
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gratuitous
Definition
He even gets a completely __________ shower cuddle scene with grace.
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imperious
Definition
The king sent a second, and very _________ command to the lord of cardigan.
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invective
Definition
Such a grave matter demands mature political debate, not cheap personal _________.
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motley
Definition
The force altogether was imposing, but at the same time of a somewhat ______ character.
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munificent
Definition
__________ gift to the nation was an important catalyst to the opening up of somerset house to the public.
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procrastinate
Definition
Winners don't make excuses and they never _____________.
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provocative
Definition
Unabashedly pro-woman, her animated and enthusiastic lectures are engaging and often profoundly ___________.
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recondite
Definition
The theories of relativity can seem _________ even for people who are well versed in the sciences.
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reprobate
Definition
The suggestion that the money he had striven for from youth to age should go to some _________ foreigner, to pay his gambling-debts, nearly threw him into a convulsion.
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sedentary
Definition
Significantly, however, the pupils that took part in this study were largely _________, living on established plots or in housing.
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