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exam vocab
saddlier oxford units 1-8 selected words for BHS
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Language - English
10th Grade
01/11/2007
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expostulate
 Definition
dissuade someone from doing somehting
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ascribe
 Definition
attributed to
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simulate
 Definition
to model
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elicit
 Definition
order
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commiserate
 Definition
express sympathy
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decadence
 Definition
decay rott
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preragotive
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power or right reserved for a spacific person
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exhort
 Definition
urge someone to do something
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millimium
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2000 years
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ressilient
 Definition
able to return to its origional form or shape
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ressilient
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able to return to its origional form or shape
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pecculate
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embezzle or loot
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brusque
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rude
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demagogue
 Definition
person who speaks and dwells on predjudices
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fettered
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bound by chains
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inscrutable
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of an obscure nature
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transient
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short lived
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scourage
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punish
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reverberate
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echo, sound out
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proclivity
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natural inclination towards
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permiate
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pass through
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jaded
 Definition
spoiled by
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transend
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go beyond penitrate
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strigent
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strict and riggerous
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umbrage
 Definition
anger hatred
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vicarous
 Definition
suffering somthing for someone else
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blazon
 Definition
coat of arms
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amnesty
 Definition
forgiveness or pardon
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anomalous
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unusual
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castigate
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cencus
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insurgent
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rebel with weapon
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contrive
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devise, make up
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axiomatic
 Definition
evident with no proof
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aura
 Definition
surrounding a person
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aura
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surrounding a person
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transmute,
 Definition
change context, how somthing sounds
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disabuse
 Definition
free from entanglement
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megalomania
 Definition
where someone thinks things are true because of visions
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flout
 Definition
laugh at, make fun of poke with a stick
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propensity
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inclination towards
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equitable
 Definition
fair, and just
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equitable
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fair, and just
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transgress
 Definition
spread over the land, spread about
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