English Vocab Chapter 2 G.10

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ARROGANT

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Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.

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AUSTERE

Back 2

Severe or stern in disposition or appearance

Philip's father, though just, was so AUSTERE that the boy was sometimes afraid to confide in him.

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AVARICE

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Extreme greed for material wealth

Midas regretted his AVARICE, when his daughter turned to gold at his touch.

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CONTAGIOUS

Back 4

capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object

Persons who have contracted CONTAGIOUS dieases must be isolated.

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DELUGE

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an overwhelming number or amount

When the dam broke, a DELUGE of muddy water rushed through the valley.

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DOLEFUL

Back 6

Filled with or expressing grief; mournful

I have much to be thankful for; I am determined not to be DOLEFUL about my loss.

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ELIGIBLE

Back 7

fit or proper to be chosen; worthy of choice

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EVADE

Back 8

escape, either physically or mentally

The EVADED rays of the setting sun shone on the treetops.

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FISSURE

Back 9

A long narrow opening

The spring bubbled through a FISSURE in the rocks.

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ILLEGIBLE

Back 10

impossible or hard to read or decipher because of poor handwriting, faded print, etc

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IMMACULATE

Back 11

Clean and pure

Beau Brummel was a dandy, whose dress was always IMMACULATE

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INERT

Back 12

inactive or sluggish by habit or nature.

The venturasome child fell from a tree, and lay INERT on the ground.

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INNOVATION

Back 13

a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

A recent INNOVATION in our school is a magazine edited by the senior students.

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OBLIQUE

Back 14

Devious, misleading, or dishonest

If the boy had been less OBLIQUE, he would have been better liked.

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OBLIERATE

Back 15

to remove or destroy all traces of

A fresh fall of snow soon OBLIERATED the animals' tracks.

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PERUSE

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to survey or examine in detail.

You should PERUSE the document carefullybefore signing it.

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PERVADE

Back 17

to become spread throughout all parts of

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PRIVATION

Back 18

lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life

The early settlers suffered greaqt PRIVATION during their first Canadian winter.

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RETARD

Back 19

to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.);

Do not RETARD our progress by refusing to do your share.

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TRANGRESS

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to violate a law, command, moral code, etc

If you promise not to TRANSGRESS again, you will be forgiven.