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Vocab Cards Lesson 6
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Language - English
8th Grade
11/16/2013

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Term
Anarchy
(Noun)
Definition
1. Total absence of government
2. Lack of order; total confusion
Term
Apprehend
(Verb)
Definition
1. To seize; to arrest
2. To grasp the meaning of; to understand
Term
Arraign
(Verb)
Definition
To bring before a court to face charges
Term
Assimilate
(Verb)
Definition
1. To absorb into a population
2. to take in a part and absorb in the whole
Term
Bizarre
(Adjective)
Definition
Strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar
Term
Calamity
(Noun)
Calamitous
(Adjective)
Definition
1. An event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster
2. Disastrous
Term
Conspire
(Verb)
Conspiracy
(Noun)
Definition
1. To plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal
2. To join or act together
3. A joining with others to plan or carry out unlawful acts
Term
Dissension
(Noun)
Definition
A difference of opinion; disagreement
Term
Elapse
(Verb)
Definition
To pass or slip by (used with time)
Term
Imminent
(Adjective)
Definition
About to happen; likely to occur in the very near future
Term
Interrogate
(Verb)
Interrogation
(Noun)
Definition
1. To ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner
2. The act of questioning
Term
Lionize
(Verb)
Definition
To treat as a celebrity
Term
Meticulous
(Adjective)
Definition
Extremely careful; attentive to small details
Term
Shackle
(Noun)
(Verb)
Definition
1. A ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement
2. Something that prevents free action
3. To prevent freedom of action
Term
Swelter
(Verb)
Sweltering
(Adjective)
Definition
1. To suffer from or to be overcome by great heat
2. Very hot and Humid; uncomfortable because of extremely hot weather
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