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Vocabulary Workshop Unit 3
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English
9th Grade
11/01/2011

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Abridge
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(v.) to make shorter
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Adherent
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(n.) a follower, supporter (adj.) attached, sticking to
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Altercation
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(n.) an angry argument
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Cherubic
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(adj.) resembling an angel partrayed as a little hild with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet innocent
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Condone
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(v.) to pardon or overlook
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Dissent
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(v.) to disagree (n.) disagreement
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Eminent
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(adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting
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Exorcise
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(v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppresive
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Fabricate

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(v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

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Irate
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(adj.) angry
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Marauder
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(n.) a raider, plunderer
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Obesity
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(n.) excessive fatness
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Pauper
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(n.) an extremely poor person
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Pilfer
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(v.) to steal in small quantities
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Rift
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(n.) a split, brea, breach
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Semblance
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(n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
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Surmount
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(v.) to overcome, rise above
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Terminate
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(v.) bring to an end
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Trite
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(adj.) commonplace; overused, stale
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Usurp

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(v.) to seize and hold a position by fore or without right

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