Sadlier-Oxford Level F Vocabulary Units 8-15

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Acrimonious

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(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

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Corpulent

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(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body

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Dissipate

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(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in the pursuit of pleasure

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Hypothetical

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(adj.) based on assumption or guess; used as provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

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Intemperate

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(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control

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Susceptible

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(adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking resistance

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Adulation

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(n.) praise or flattery that is excessive

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Astute

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(adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom

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Avarice

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(n.) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

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Equivocate

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(v.) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous

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Irresolute

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(adj.) unable to make up one's mind, hesitating

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Novice

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(n.) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience

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Pretentious

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(adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious

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Recapitulate

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(v.) to review a series of facts; to sum up

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Slovenly

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(adj.) untidy, dirty, careless

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Accrue

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(v.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result

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Annotation

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(n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work

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Bedlam

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(n.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion

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Covert

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(adj.) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded; (n.) a sheltered place, a hiding place

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Fortuitous

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(adj.) accidental, occurring by a happy chance

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Motley

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(adj.) showing great variety' composed of different elements or many colors; (n.) a jester's costume; a jester

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Recondite

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(adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding

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Reprobate

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(n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; (adj.) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; (v.) to disapprove of, condemn

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Sedentary

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(adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place

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Abstemious

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(adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline

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Contingent

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(adj.) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; (n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body

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Corroborate

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(v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify

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Dowdy

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(adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

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Heresy

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(n.) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

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Palpable

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(adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard or recognized

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Pernicious

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(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

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Satiate

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(v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj.) full, satisfied

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Absolve

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(v.) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt

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Contiguous

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(adj.) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time

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Deleterious

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(adj.) harmful, injurious

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Enthrall

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(v.) to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison

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Implicit

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(adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in

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Ostentatious

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(adj.) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy

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Redundant

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(adj.) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush

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Sanctimonious

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(adj.) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou

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Blatant

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(adj.) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in a n unfavorable sense

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Disconsolate

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(adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyone consolation

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Herculean

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(adj.) relating to Hercules; characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength

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Impassive

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(adj.) showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless

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Nonplussed

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(adj.) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss

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Prolific

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(adj.) abundantly productive, abundant, profuse

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Amendable

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(adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible

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Berate

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(v.) to scold sharply

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Carnage

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(n.) large-scale slaughter or loss of life

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Credulous

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(adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived

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Extraneous

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(adj.) coming from the outside, foreign, present but not essential, irrelevant

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Inception

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(n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution

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Obdurate

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(adj.) stubborn, unyielding

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Precocious

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(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

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Sententious

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(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy

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Tortuous

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(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

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Adamant

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(adj.) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; (n.) an extremely hard substance

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Curtail

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(v.) to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce

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Deference

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(n.) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to superior (T-Dub)

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Definitive

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(adj.) conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done

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Demeanor

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(n.) the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner; facial appearance, mien

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Mollify

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(v.) to soften, make gentle, pacify; to calm, allay (as an emotion), assuage, appease, placate; to reduce in intensity

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Presentiment

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(n.) a vague sense of approaching misfortune

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Remit

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(v.) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as penalty or punishment), to forgive, pardon; to lessen, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer

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Requisite

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(adj.) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indespensable

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Thwart

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(v.) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate