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Vocabulary from 2nd semester
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Literature
8th Grade
05/31/2007
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Adage
 Definition
N. A short maxim or proverb (a short saying)
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Blaze
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N. bored indifferent about life
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Cower
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V. To cringe or shrink away from cold or in fear
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Finesse
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N. craftiness, skill
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Ostracize
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V. to banish or exclude from a group
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Solicitous
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Adj. attentive
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Implore
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v. beseech
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Pragmatic
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Adj. practical
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Glib
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Adj. preformed with ease and informality without sincerity
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Averse
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Adj. opposed
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Disconsolate
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Adj. hopelessly sad
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Prodigious
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Adj. huge
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Tarry
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v. to delay or be late
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Infirmity
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N. illness
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Countenance
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N. a facial expression
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Fawn
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N. a young deer or
V. to show affection
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Tributary
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N. a small stream that flows into a larger one
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Chide
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V. to scold; rebuke
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Bequeath
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V. to give to a person by will
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Portentuous
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Adj. foreshadowing
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Viscous
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Adj. having relatively high resistance to flow, ex. Jello
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Admonish
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V. to scold unharshly
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Disrobe
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V. to remove the cloths from
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Construe
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V. to analyze the structure
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Plod
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V. to trudge, move or walk heavily
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Obstinate
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Adj. Stubbornly
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Servile
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Adj. slavish in character or attitude
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Myriad
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Adj. a lot
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Trod
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V. to walk on, over
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Soothsayer
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N. one who claims to foretell events
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Abridge
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V. to shorten, lessen
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Affable
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Adj. friendly
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Augury
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N. prophet, omen
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Engender
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V. to create
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Mirth
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N. Joy, happiness
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Prostration
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N. to stretch out
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Rhetoric
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N. the art of speaking
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Rout
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N. a defeat
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Spurn
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V. to reject
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Vouchsafe
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V. to grant permission hesitantly
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Puissant
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Adj. mighty, powerful
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Strife
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N. a conflict
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Oration
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N. a formal address or speech
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Mantle
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N. a cloak
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Chastise
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V. to punish
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Covetous
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Adj. greedy (you desire it)
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Exigent
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Adj. urgent
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Visage
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N. the face
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Emulate
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V. to copy
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Prodigy
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N. a young gifted person
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Felicity
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N. great happiness, bliss
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Scalloped
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Adj. curved projections around edges
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Sediment
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N. matter deposited by water or wind
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Rampant
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Adj. widespread
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Fissure
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N. a narrow crack or cleft, as in a rock face.
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Troubadour
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N. a minstrel or singer
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Sumptuous
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Adj. costly or lavish
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Reproach
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v. to accuse or
n. shame disgrace
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Warrantable
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Adj. guaranteed
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Abdicate
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V. to surrender
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Dunlin
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N. a sandpiper
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Unscrupulous
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Adj. dishonest
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Ardent
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Adj. passionately intense with feeling, warm with feeling
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Peregrine
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N. a traveler
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Portentous
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foreshadowing
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Griffin
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N. a mythical creature, a tint
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Tincture
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N. a pharmaceutical mixture
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Ingenuity
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N. cleverness
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Furrow
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N. a wrinckle or a groove
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undulate
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V. to move in a wavy motion
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Conceit
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N. idea, long metaphor
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Novice
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N. a beginer
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Vacuously
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Adv. Empty
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Concave
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Adj. curved
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Slaver
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V. to drool
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Transfixed
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Adj. Attracted to something, frozen with astonishment
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Compulsory
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Adj. required, always happening
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Consort
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N. a companion
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Sable
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N. black fur
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Renunciation
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N. Abandoning or dismissing
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Vicar
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N. a minister, priest
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Discontentedly
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Adv. angrily
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Taciturn
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Adj. quiet
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Cudgel
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N. a short heavy club
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Besiege
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V. to surround, to crowd something with intent of capture
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Bramble
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N. a prickly bush
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Feverishly
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Adv. showing great emotion or activity, passionately
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Faction
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N. a group or union
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Beckon
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V. to call or signal by a motion
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Pathos
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N. evokes pity
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