Eng Set 1- Vocab

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Adversary

Back 1

P.O.S. - n

Def. - one that contends with, opposes, or resists

Context - He met his adversary while in detention with his teacher

Var. - adversarial, adversery

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amend

Back 2

P.O.S. - v

Def. - to put right

Context - He amended his wrongdoing by fixing the lawn he had runover

Var. - amends, amended

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bereft

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P.O.S. - adj

Def. - deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something

Context - His room was dull and bereft of color

Var. - None

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caper

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P.O.S. - n

Def. - a criminal or illegal act; a frivolous, carefree episode or activity; a prank or trick

Context - His caper caused him to be thrown in jail since drug smuggling is illegal

Var. - capers, capering

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curtail

Back 5

P.O.S. - v

Def. - to shoren or reduce

Context - He curtailed the production time by hiring more workers

Var. - curtailed, curtailing

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deity

Back 6

P.O.S. - n

Def. - a god or goddess

Context - The diety Zeus can throw lightning

Var. - superdiety, deities

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deluge

Back 7

P.O.S. - n

Def. - an overwhelming amount or number

Context - A deluge of voters gave majority to the republican party

Var. - deluged, deluging

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diffuse

Back 8

P.O.S. - adj, v

Def. - widely spread or scattered; dispersed

Context - The perfume diffused into every corner of the room, making it inescapable

Var. - diffused, diffusing

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dissemble

Back 9

P.O.S. - v

Def. - to put on the appearance of

Context - Richard dissembled a caring person when he was quite the opposite

Var. - dissembling, dissembled

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dub

Back 10

P.O.S. - v

Def. - to call by a descriptive name

Context - Richard was dubbed Gloucester due to his land

Var. - dubbed, dubbing

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heinous

Back 11

P.O.S. - adj

Def. - hatefully or shockingly evil

Context - Richard tried to assign the heinous act of killing children to Buckingham

Var. - heinously, heinousness

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kindred

Back 12

P.O.S. - n

Def. - a group of related individuals

Context - My family and relatives are my kindred

Var. - kin, kinfolk

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lament

Back 13

P.O.S. - v

Def. - to express sorrow, mourning, regret

Context - Anne was in the process of lamenting her husband's death when Richard asked her to marry him

Var. - lamented, lamentation

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lascivious

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P.O.S. - adj

Def. - sexually loose

Context - He pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious acts on a child and is now in prison

Var. - lasciviously, lasciviousness

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libel

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P.O.S. - n, v

Def. - the act or crine of injuring a person's reputation by way of something printed or written

Context - Sally like, so totally libeled Michelle when she wrote on her FaceBook page that she hooked up with Jake in the boys' bathroom

Var. - libelled, libelling

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mark

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P.O.S. - v

Def. - to take notice of; to observe

Context - They marked the bright red birds in the crowd

Var. - marked, marking

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obsequious

Back 17

P.O.S. - adj

Def. - obedient; dutiful

Context - His dog was obsequious as he follwed his commands

Var. - obsequiously, obsequiousness

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renowned

Back 18

P.O.S. - adj, v

Def. - celebrated; famous; widely acclaimed

Context - For some unforeseen reason, King Richard was renowned for his brutality

Var. - renown, renowns

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surfeit

Back 19

P.O.S. - n, v

Def. - an overabundant supply

Context - There was a surfeit of Crackers because were too many that no one wanted

Var. - unsurfeited, surfeited

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visage

Back 20

P.O.S. - n

Def. - the face or counterance of a person or sometimes a lower animal

Context - His visage was clouded in anger.

Var. - visages, visaged