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VP Quiz 1
This is a review for the A Beka curriculum VP VI Quiz 1.
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12th Grade
09/03/2014

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aggrandize
Definition
1. to make greater, richer, more powerful
2. to exaggerate
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banal
Definition
1. lacking freshness or originality; commonplace, ordinary
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chincanery
Definition
1. trickery, especially in legal dealings; the use of subterfuge or trickery in debate
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denote
Definition
1. to indicate
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entrepreneur
Definition
1. one who organizes and manages a business, assuming the risk of profit or loss
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fetish
Definition
1. an inanimate object thought to have inherent magical powers, and therefore worshiped
2. anything irrationally reverenced; obsession
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heinous
Definition
1. hatefully bad or wicked; abominable
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pensive
Definition
1. thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad or melancholy things
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pique
Definition
1. to evoke resentment in
2. to arouse
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plaintive
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1. expressing sorrow; mournful
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trenchant
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1. forceful and effective; keen, penetrating
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verdant
Definition
1. green with growing plants or grass; green in color
2. unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated
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mis-1
Definition
bad(ly), wrong(ly)
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mis-2
Definition
hater, hatred
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trans-
Definition
(tra-) across
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un-
Definition
not
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AGON
Definition
struggle, contest
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CAD, CAS, CID
Definition
to fall, to befall, to happen
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DIC, DICT
Definition
to say
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FER
Definition
to bear, to carry
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JUR
Definition
to swear
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MORT
Definition
death
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OMNI
Definition
all
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PEND, PENS
Definition
to hang, to weigh, to pay
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-ac, -iac
Definition
pertaining to
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-er, -yer
Definition
one who, that which
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-ian
Definition
one who
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-men
Definition
result of
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