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Literature
10th Grade
02/28/2013

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AMPLIFY
Definition
to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
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INEPT
Definition
generally awkward or clumsy
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SURREPTITIOUS
Definition
obtained, done, made,
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JEOPARDIZE
Definition
to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil:
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LATENT
Definition
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized
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ESSENCE
Definition
the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature
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RECOIL
Definition
to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
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GENERIC
Definition
of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind
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LACERATE
Definition
to tear roughly; mangle
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MURKY
Definition
dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
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