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Word Wealth Unit 5
Words you will never use
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11th Grade
10/29/2012

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accretion
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growth, especially by addition or accumulation
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adhere
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to stick fast/cling
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adroitness
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skill (mental)
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aggravation
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worsening/increase in the seriousness of an illness or problem
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alter
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to change/modify
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alter ego
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"other self"
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amplification
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a form of enlargement used chiefly of verbal statements and radio-television signals
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antagonist
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a rival/opponent/adversary
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apathy
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lack of feeling/indifference
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assail
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to attack
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assault
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a usually violent/bloody attack; (legal definition)a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm
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assumption
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acceptance of a guess/belief as true
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augment
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to increase/make/become larger
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avarice
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greed for money/cupidity
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castigation
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severe and public verbal criticism
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chastise
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to punish
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circumspection
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caution characterized by looking at a problem from all sides/considering its possible results
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clarion
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clear/sharp/shrill
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clarity
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clearness
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conjecture
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a guess/inference
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covetous
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to desire something too strongly (especially something forbidden)
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defiance
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bold opposition/open challenge
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deviate
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to swing/turn from an intended plan/course of action
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dexterity
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skill/adroitness
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dilation
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an increase in the size of an aperture like the pupil
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discretion
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prudence/wise restraint
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disperse
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to scatter/separate
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diverge
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to branch off/go in different directions
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diversify
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to alter so as to serve a variety of needs
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ebullience
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a bubbling or overflow of enthusiasm (usually associated with people)
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elation
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a quieter kind of high spirits over some success or good news
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elucidation
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the process of making clear
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emulate
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to strive to equal/excel
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endeavor
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sustained but less vigorous effort than exertion
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enhancement
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a heightening of attractiveness/value
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exertion
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vigorous effort
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extricate
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to disentangle
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exuberance
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overflowing spirits/zestfulness
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facility
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ease in doing/demonstrating something
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forage
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to search for/ravage/plunder
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hypothesis
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a plausible theory/explanation
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increment
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an increase (in salary)
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intensification
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an increase of the amount/quality/determination of an effort
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judiciousness
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wise judgement in action
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lethargy
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drowsiness/sluggishness from some physical cause (drugs/overheating)
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mutate
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to change(biological adaption)
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pillage
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to take food/money/property by force
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postulation
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acceptance of a fact because of something else one knows to be true
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presumption
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acceptance of a guess/belief as true (presume that other worlds exist because it is probable)
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proposition
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a statement that you will undertake/demonstrate
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prudence
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caution mixed with wisdom in managing one's affairs
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ravage
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to destroy/plunder/devastate
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retribution
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well-deserved punishment or recompense
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speculation
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an imaginative guess
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stupor
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a deadened state of mind (from drugs/shock)
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supposition
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someone who pretends for the moment something is true
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surmise
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a guess based more definitely on facts
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thesis
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a statement that you will undertake/demonstrate
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torpor
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sluggishness from temporary loss of physical powers (cause like cold weather)
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transfigure
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to alter the shape/nature/appearance
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transmute
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to change the very nature of something
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transport
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carried away with delight
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veer
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to swing/turn from an intended plan/course of action
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vie
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rivalry between persons of similar status
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