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SVdP Vocabulary 8th Grade
Unit 9
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8th Grade
01/24/2012

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apt

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(adj) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

 

s:  appropriate, fit, proper, liable

a:  inappropriate, unlikely, slow

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awry

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(adj., adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

 

s:  (adj) crooked, askew, amiss

a:  (adj) straight, symmetrical

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bludgeon

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(n) a short club used as a weapon; (v) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point

 

s:  (n) crudgel; (v) clobber, clout

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capitulate

Definition

(v) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the tower

 

a:  hold out, persist

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chafe

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(v) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain  or press against; (n) a sore or injury caused by rubbing

 

s:  (v) irrate, scrape, abrade

a:  (v) soothe, mollify, please, elate

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defile

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(v. trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of

(v. intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n) a narrow passage; gorge, canyong

 

s:  (v trans) pollute, contaminate, desecrate

a:  (v. trans.) cleanse, purify

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dire

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(adj) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster

 

s:  disastrous, ominous, sinister, urgen

a:  favorable, auspicious, beneficial

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disarming

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(adj) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion

s:  endaring, winning

a:  alarming, troubling, disquieting

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disgruntled

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(adj. part) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed

 

s:  displeased, grumpy, surly

a:  pleased satisfied, content

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encroach

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(v) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

 

s:  intrude, infringe

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endow

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(v) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

 

s:  grant, bestow, present, bequeath

a:  take away, deprive

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fend

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(v) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage

 

s:  stave off, cope

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impunity

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(n) freedom from punishment

 

s:  exemption from penalty, immunity

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mien

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(n) air, manner; appearance; expression

 

s:  look, bearing, demeanor

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penal

 

Definition

(adj) having to do with punishment

 

s:  correctional, disciplinary

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pertinent

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(adj) related to the matter at hand, to the point

 

s:  relevant, germane, apropos

a:  unrelated, irrelevant, immaterial

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predominant

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(adj) the greatest in strength or power, mot commong

 

s:  chief, major, paramount, prevalent

a:  secondary, minor, subsidiary, rare

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prodigy

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(n) something wonderful or marvelous; somthing monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a childor young person with extraordinary ability or talent

 

s:  marvel, wonder, freak, genius

a:  dumbbell dunce, dullard

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recluse

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(n) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

 

s:  loner, hermit

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renown

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(n) fame, glory

 

s:  reputation, celebrity, prestige

 

a:  obscurity, infamy, notoriety

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