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Vocabulary 1
8th Grade
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Literature
8th Grade
08/12/2010

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Term

chattel

 

link: cattle

 

 

 "Tex's cattle were his chattel."

Definition

an item of personal, movable property; slave

 

Term

procrastinate

 

 

link: grass hate

 

 

"Larry hated to cut the grass and would procrastinate about it for weeks."

Definition

to put off until a later time

 

 

Term

lament

 

link: cement

 

 

"We lament that Joe got buried in cement."

 

Definition

to express sorrow or regret; to mourn

 

 

Term

aloof

 

link: roof

 

 

"Snowball, the cat, was so aloof when guests came she hid on the roof."

 

Definition

distant, reserved in manner; univolved

 

 

Term

cerebral

 

link: cereal

 

 

"Eat your cereal so you'll grow up to be cerebral like your father."

 

Definition

of or relating to the brain; an intellectual person

 

 

Term

impede

 

 

link: speed

 

 

"The job of highway patrolmen is to impede speeding motorists."

 

Definition

to obstruct with; to delay

 

 

Term

evade

 

link: blade

 

 

"A magician's secret for evading blades."

 

Definition

to elude or avoid by cunning; to flee from a pursuer

 

 

Term

connoisseur

 

 

link: king of sewer

 

 

"The king of the sewer is a connoisseur or garbage."

Definition

an expert, particularly in matters or art and taste

 

 

 

Term

efface

 

 

link: erase

 

 

"How to efface a face by erasing it."

Definition

to rub away

 

 

Term

expunge

 

link: sponge

 

 

"A sponge expunging a spill."

 

Definition

to remove; to delete; to erase

 

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