English Vocab 7-9

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fort

Back 1

happening by chance

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fortuitous

Back 2

happening by a lucky accident or chance, fortunate

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fortuity

Back 3

chance or accident

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ausp

Back 4

bird watcher, fortune teller

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auspices

Back 5

protection or support, patronage

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auspicious

Back 6

followed by favorable circumstances

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dest

Back 7

to determine

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predestination

Back 8

belief that ones fate has been determined in advance by a higher power

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destine

Back 9

intend for a specific end or purpose

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sort

Back 10

chance, lot, fate

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consortium

Back 11

group of companies or institutions

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consort

Back 12

keep company, associate

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propit

Back 13

favorable

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propitious

Back 14

lucky, favorable

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propitiate

Back 15

soothe or satisfy, to appease

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port

Back 16

to carry

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importune

Back 17

to urge or beg without end

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importunate

Back 18

extremely demanding, insistent

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rapport

Back 19

positive relationship

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fer

Back 20

bear, carry

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insufferable

Back 21

impossible to bear, intolerable

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preferential

Back 22

giving or showing an advantage to one over another

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conferment

Back 23

act of bestowing, formal offer

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pher, phor

Back 24

to carry, to bring

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periphery

Back 25

outermost part of boundary

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euphoria

Back 26

feeling or great happiness or well being

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gest

Back 27

to bear, carry

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congested

Back 28

overcrowded, too tighly packed

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gestate

Back 29

conceive and develop in the mind or body

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gesticulate

Back 30

to make gestures for emphasis

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sol

Back 31

alone

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solipism

Back 32

theory that the self is the only reality

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desolate

Back 33

deserted and lonely

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soliloquy

Back 34

literary or dramatic speech spoken by a solitary character

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mono

Back 35

one

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monotonous

Back 36

unvarying, lacking in variety

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monosyllabic

Back 37

having one syllable

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monotone

Back 38

sameness of sound, style, manner or color

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vulg

Back 39

crowd

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divulge

Back 40

to make public

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vulgar

Back 41

of the common people

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poly, poll

Back 42

many

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polymath

Back 43

person with knowledge of many subjects

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hoi polloi

Back 44

common people, the masses

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polyglot

Back 45

person with a knowledge of several languages