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word study #4
nimbleness - overbearing
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English
10th Grade
02/22/2010
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nimbleness
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lightness and speed in movement; agility
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contaminate
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make impure; pollute
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bait
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torment; tease
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chastisement
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punishment; reprimand
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choleric
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irritable; quick tempered
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covetous
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greedy
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rash
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reckless; incautious
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repose
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sleep; rest
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apparition
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a strange figure that appears suddenly; ghost
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overbearing
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bossy; domineering
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contaminate etymology
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prefix "com" meaning together
Latin root "tang" meaning to touch
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bait etymology
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Old Norse word meaning to bite
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chastisement etymology
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Latin word meaning pure
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choleric etymology
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Latin word for bile
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apparition etymology
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Latin word meaning to appear
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overbearing etymology
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"over" meaning superior
"bearing" meaning being oppressive
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