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PATH PAVERS VOCABULARY (Fin Ops)
These are the words that will be on vocabulary quizzes.
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09/29/2014

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exhume
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link: tomb

def: to dig up from a grave; to bring to light, uncover

cartoon: An archeologist taking a photo of another acrheologist who has dug up a skeleton
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coterie
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link: coat for three

def: a circle of close friends or associates

cartoon: Three guys from a music troupe squeezed into the same tuxedo
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herbicide
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link: suicide

def: a substance used to fill plants (such as weeds)

cartoon: a plant holding a spray bottle of weed killer threatening to kill himself
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inveigle
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link: bagel

def: to tempt or persuade using deception or flattery

cartoon: lion tamer trying to get a lion to perform a trick by offering it a bagel
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orthodox
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Link: throws rocks

Def: conventional, doing it by the book, sticking to established principles

Cartoon: Two Romans in biblical times buying rocks from a rock vendor
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fathom
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Link: fat thumb

Def: to understand fully; to penetrate the meaning of; to completely comprehend

Cartoon: A patient with a huge thumb and doctors who can't figure out why it's swollen like that
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misanthropy
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link: Miss Anthropy

def: someone who hates mankind

cartoon: A woman standing at an information booth and criticizing a man (bad breath, etc.)
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evoke
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link: Coke

def: to summon forth, to call to mind, awaken, suggest

cartoon: granny sipping a Coke and remembering happy memories of past love
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grandiloquent
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link: grand elephant

def: attempting to impress with big words or grand gestures

cartoon: An elephant giving a speech at a Republican political rally
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fortuitous
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link: fortune for the two of us

def: good luck occurring by accident or chance

cartoon: Two guys in a boat that has a leak; the boat will sink, but they will find a treasure chest beneath the boat.

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countenance
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marauder
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paradox
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hoard
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craven
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fraught
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forbear
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lax
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demagogue
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photogenic
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scapegoat
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maim
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lassitude
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deduce
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embody
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queue
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misnomer
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elapse
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irascible
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evade
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also-ran
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affinity
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fetish
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draconian
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elfin
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feign
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intervene
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dissolution
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parry
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dessicate
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docile
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spur
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domain
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Plain
A territory over which one rules has influence or powers.
A lion chilling under a tree
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parry
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Link: Pear
Def: To ward off a blow; to turn aside; to avoid skillfully, to evade
Cartoon: Two pears fighting with swords
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emit
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Link Word: Spit

Def: To send or give out; to express, utter.

Cartoon: A man sitting in a chair on his porch, spitting at a bucket and his dog.
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dessicate
Definition
link:This dry cake

Def:to dry out completely;dehydrate

Cartoon:Two mummy's eating cake
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fickle
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Link: Pickle

Def: Often changing for no reason; not loyal or consistent.

Cartoon: A pregnant woman choosing between whether she wants ice cream or a pickle. " Pregnant women are very FICKLE; one moment they want ice cream, the next , PICKLES."
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intervene
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Link - Between
Definition - to come between; to mediate to occur between times
Cartoon - the referee stops the altercation between the two
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draconian
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link: dracula
definition: hard, severe, cruel
picture: Dracula acting hard on his son about cleaning his room in a draconian way.
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spur
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Spur(v): to move to action
Link: Spurs
Cartoon: A man kicks a horse to make it move (spur) faster.
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docile
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Link: Fossil
Def: Easily taught or controlled; obedient, easy to handle
Cartoon: "A Docile Fossil" An Old man walking a fossil on wheels.
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evoke
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Link: coke
Def:to summon forth, call to mind, awaken, produce, suggest
Cartoon: Old lady drinking coke and makes her reminisce on the time she had coke with her boyfriend.
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mores
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Link: MORE as

Def: Customary cultural standards; moral attitudes, manners, habit

Cartoon: A student getting A's is a mores when in the U.s School system
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evade
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Link: blade
Def: to elude or avoid by cunning; to flee from a pursuer
Cartoon: the magician in his box trying to avoid getting killed by a sword. While his thoughts are worrying
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egalitarian
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Link Word: "THE GAL I'M MARRYIN"

Definition: Advocating the doctrine of equal rights for all citizens; A person adheres egalitarian beliefs.

Cartoon: The very huge wife carrying her husband into their home.
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dissolution
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Link: Solution
Def: the breaking up into parts; termination of a legal bond or contract
Cartoon: A man chainsawing a house into three parts
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fetish
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Link:British
Definition: Any thing or activity to which one is irrationally devoted
Cartoon:3 British guys drinking tea while mass destruction is happening behind them.
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entice
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Link:Mice
Definition:To lure,to attract,to tempt in a pleasing fashion.
Cartoon: A dog is attracting a cat with a mouse.
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erudite
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link: air tight

def: deeply learned, scholarly

cartoon: attorney in courtroom, person in witness chair is inside a glass jar
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