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Wordly Wise Chapter 7
Vocabulary words from chapter 7
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12th Grade
01/13/2013
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alluvial
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deposited by flowing water
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atelier
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artist's studio
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collation
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light meal
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effusive
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overly demonstrative
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fetid
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foul-smelling
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igneous
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produced by volcanic action
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infidel
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nonbelievers in the prevailing religion
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lampoon
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satirize
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leonine
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lionlike
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malleable
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capable of being hammered into shape, easily influenced
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numismatist
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collector of coins
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ouster
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forcible expulsion
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peon
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unskilled laborer
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recipient
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receiver
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rustic
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of the country
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singular
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denoting only one, strange, rare, separateness
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suborned
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secretly induced to do something unlawful, induced to commit perjury
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unction
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anointing with oil, substance or thing that soothes
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abeyance
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temporary suspension
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afflatus
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inspiration
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archipelago
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sea containing many scattered islands, cluster of islands
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casuistry
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subtle but false reasoning
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dulcet
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soothing
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extirpate
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root out
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fulminate
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explosion, repayment for loss or damage
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jocular
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joking
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legate
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envoy
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machinations
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crafty schemes
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mundane
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worldly
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ostracize
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banish from favor
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pendant
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hanging ornament
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ratify
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formally approve
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roseate
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overly optimistic, pink
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scintilla
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tiny particle
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spatial
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relating to space
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tyro
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beginner
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ado
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excitement
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animadversion
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critical remark
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batten
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thrive at another's expense, fasten, strip of wood
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cumulative
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increasing by successive additions
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elixir
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medicinal preparation, magical prolonger
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fiat
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command of the ruler
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immunize
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make resistant to a disease
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inimical
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hostile
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lascivious
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lustful
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limn
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describe, draw
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mikado
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Japanese emperor
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ossify
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develop into bone, rigidly fixed
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passé
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out of date
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preamble
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introductory statement
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recreant
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disloyal, cowardly
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sadistic
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who delights in inflicting pain
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soporific
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sleep-inducing
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travail
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hard work, agony
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