Ms. Joseph English Vocab

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Dolorous

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Sad, Mournful

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Gregarious

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Sociable

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Diligent

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Hard-Working

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Abate

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To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; to lessen

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Aberration

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A departure from the normal

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Accolade

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Praise or approval

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Accure

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To be added by growth

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Acme

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Highest Point

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Acolyte

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Novice: young assistant

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Abet

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To encourage or help, especially in doing something wrong

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Acrimonious

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bitter in language or manner

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Acumen

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Insight

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Adamant

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firm in purpose or opinion: unyeilding

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Admonition

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Warning

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Adulation

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excessive praise

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Aesthetic

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pertaining to the beautiful

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Pathos

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Quality evoking compassion or pity

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Alacrity

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cheerful willingness or eagerness: speed

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Alleviate

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to make more bearable: to lesson

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Altercation

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To quarrel

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Ameliorate

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to make better

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Amity

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peaceful relations; freindship

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August

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Majestic

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Apathy

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Indifference, lack of feeling or interest

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Appease

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To pacify or Soothe

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Wrath

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Anger

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Metonymy

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Substitution of a name with that of another associated with it

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Consecrate

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to set something apart as sacred

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Omnipotent

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All-powerful

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Timorous

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Fearful or Apprehensive

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Mitigate

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to moderate, soften or lessen

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Chide

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to scold

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Servile

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Humbly yielding or Submissive

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Sanguine

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Cheerful or Hopeful

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Incessant

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Without pause

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Penury

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Poverty

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Prudence

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Caution Discretion

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Cache

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Hiding Place

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Didactic

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Teaches a specific lesson or moral

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Antipathy

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Strong Dislike

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Candid

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Frank Straight-Forward

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Clemency

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Mercy

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Guile

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Deception

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Diabolical

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Devilish

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Furtive

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Secretive

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Acquiesce

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to Comply or Yield

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Pejorative

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Disparaging or Derogatory

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Castigate

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to Punish or Rebuke

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Iniquity

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Sin