8Th Grade English Final

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ambiguous

Back 1

hard to understand; obscure; indistinct
If the directions say to be sure to turn at the intersection, they are ambiguous.

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explicit

Back 2

fully and clearly expressed, leaving no question as to meaning or intent; definite; precise; unambiguous
It would be hard to misinterpret these instructions because they are so explicit.

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foment

Back 3

stir up; incite; instigate; provoke
There were some malevolent individuals at the public hearing who sought to foment discord.

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fortuitous

Back 4

occurring or produced by chance; accidental; casual
Their meeting at the library was entirely fortuitous; they hadn't planned to get together.

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levy

Back 5

money raised or collected by legal authority or force; taxx; impost; assessment
The new levy on petroleum will probably raise prices at the gas pump.

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onus

Back 6

disagreeable necessity; burden; obligation; responsibility
When charges are brought, the onus of proving them is on the accuser.

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reprehensible

Back 7

deserving reproof; blame worthy; censurable
It is utterly reprehensible to hurt the defenseless.

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redress

Back 8

to set right; remove the cause of; remedy; correct
In a totalitarian state, people are loath to ask their government to redress their grievances.

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upbraid

Back 9

find fault with or criticize severely; scold; censure
The conscientious babysitter should not have been upbraided.

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brook

Back 10

stand for; tolerate; bear
They want us to be silent; they will brook no interference with their plans.

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capricious

Back 11

tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason; fickle; inconstant; impulsive; unpredictable
A capricious friend can never be depended on.

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complicity

Back 12

participation or involvement in a wrongful act; collusion; connivance
Two were convicted because of their complicity in the fraud.

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jubilant

Back 13

showing or expressing great job; exultant; triumphant
The team that won was jubilant

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mollify

Back 14

soothe in temper or disposition; pacify; placate; appease
The manager tried to mollify the irate customer.

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nettle

Back 15

Arouse to sharp but brief annoyance or anger; irritate; provoke; exasperate
A hot-headed person is easily nettled

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superlative

Back 16

Of the highest kind or order

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abrogate

Back 17

Abolish by a formal action

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confront

Back 18

stand or come in front of

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havoc

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wide and general distruction

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horrify

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to feel horror or to be apauled

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insatiable

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Incapable of being satisfied

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irrevocable

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Incapable of being recalled

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pandemonium

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a wild uproar

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forbearance

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Quality of being patienced when provoked

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mendacious

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given to or marked by diseption, dishonest, or untruthful

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pique

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arouse or anger, irritate

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privation

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the state of being deprived

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quagmire

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soft swampy ground that yields under the foot

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duress

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compulsion by threat

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formidable

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someone that is superior

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inequity

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lack of fairness

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legitimate

Back 32

in accordance to the law

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perpetrator

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one who commits a crime

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specify

Back 34

making something specific

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fiasco

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a ridiculous failure

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incapacitate

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to make incapable, to disable

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pernicious

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highly injurious or destructive

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perverse

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willfully determined to not do what is right

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taint

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modify by or if by a trace of something offensive

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alleged

Back 40

accused by not proved or convicted

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asinine

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marked by inexcusable failure to exercise intelligence or sound judgment

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cursory

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done rapidly without attention to details

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delude

Back 43

mislead the mind of judgment of

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paucity

Back 44

smallness of quantity or of a number

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perplex

Back 45

make (someone) uncertain, doubtful or hesitant

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scrupulous

Back 46

1. having more integrity
2. extremely careful to do precisely the right, proper, or correct thing in every last detail

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unprincipled

Back 47

lacking or not based on moral principles

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victimize

Back 48

make a victim of; subject to deception or fraud