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Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 2
Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 2
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English
9th Grade
09/13/2012

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Ameliorate

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To improve or make better;correct a flaw. 

 

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Aplomb

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Self-Confidence; Poise; composure. 

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Bombtastic 


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over blown in language; full of high sounding words intended to conceal the lack of ideas. 

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Callow


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Immature; not fully devolped

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Drivel


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Saliva or mucus from the mouth; foolish talking & nonsense words.

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Epitome


 

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A summary condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality. 

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Exhort


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to urge strongly

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Ex Offico


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virtue of holding a certain office

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infringe


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to violate; trespass.
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Ingratiate


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to make oneself agreeable ; to curry favor with (Kissup)

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interloper


 

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Definition

One who goes where he/she is not wanted; an intruder

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Intrinsic


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belonging to something or someone by it's very nature; originating in bodily organ or part

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inveigh


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to make a violent attack in words; express strong disaproval

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lassitude


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Weariness of a body & mind; lack of energy

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Millennuim


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A period of a thousand years

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Occult

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Supernatural, magical, mysterious; a secret, a hidden view
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Permeate
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To soak through
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Precipitate

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To fall as moisture
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stringent


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strict; servere
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surmise


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to believe or think without certain supporting evidence; a guess
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