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Vocabulary workshop unit 9
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English
8th Grade
01/22/2006

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apt
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Adj suitable, fitting; quick to learn
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awry
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in a turn or twisted direction, wrong
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bludgeon
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a short club as a weapon; to use strong force or arguements to gain wrong
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capitulate
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to end resistance;give up, surrender
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chafe
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to warm by rubbing; to feel dissatisfaction, annoy, too press against; a sore or injury cause by rubbing
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defile
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to make dirty; to march in a single line or in columns
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dire
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causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demand immediate action to avoid diaster
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disarming
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charming; to get rid of suspicion
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disgruntled
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in a bad humor, annoyed
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encroach
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to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass
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endow
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to furnish, provide some funds or some other desirable thing or quality
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fend
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to ward off, resist; to get along, manage
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impunity
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freedom from punishment
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mien
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manner; appearence; expression
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penal
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having to do with punishment
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pertinent
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relaed to the matter of hand; to the point
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predominant
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the greatest in strength or power; most common
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prodigy
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something wonderful; something monstrous or abnormal; young person with extradinry ability or power
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recluse
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a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world
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renown
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fame or glory
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