Vocab 10-12

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accord

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n. agreement, harmony
v. to agree, to be in harmony or bring into harmony, to grant, bestow on

N. Mutual Understanding
A. Disagreement, conflict, friction

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Barter

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N. An exchange in trade
V. To exchange goods

S. Trade, swap
A. Sell, buy, purchase

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Curt

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Adj. Short, rudely, brief

S. rude, brusque, terse, summary
A. Civil, courteous, lengthy, details

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Devise

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V. To think out, plan, figure out, invent, create

S. Concoct contrive, work out, design

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Dexterous

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Skillful in the use of hands or body, clever

S. agile, handy, deft
A. Clumsy, akward, ungainly

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Engross

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V. To occupy the complete attension, absorb fully

S. Immerse, preoccupy
A. Bore, stultify, put to sleep

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Entail

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V. To put a burden on, impose, require, involve, to restrict ownership property by limiting inheritance

S. Neccesitate
A. Exclude, rule out, preclude

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Ferret

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N. A kind of weasel
V. To search or hunt out, to torment, badger

S. Track down, sniff out

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Habituate

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V. To become used to, to cause to become used to

S. Acclimate, inure, get used to
A. Deprogram, brainwash

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Impending

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About to happen, hanging over in a menacing way

S. Imminint, upcoming
A. Distant, remote

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Personable

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Pleasing in appearnce or personality, attractive

S. Charming, agreeable, likable
A. Unpleasent, disagreeable, obnoxious

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Rue

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V. To regret, be sorry for
N. A feeling of regret

S. Lament, repent
A. Cherish

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Scoff

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V. To make fun of, to show contempt for

S. Ridicule, laugh at, jeer at
A. Take seriously, admire, revere

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Transition

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A change from one state to another

S. Changover, conversion, switch, passage

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Trepidation

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Fear, fright, trembling

S. Dread, anxiety, apprehnsion
A. Confidence, self-assureance, poise

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Upbraid

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To blame, scold, find fault with

S. bawl out, reprimand
A. praise, pat on the back

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Veritable

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Actual, true, real

A. False, specious

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Vex

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To annoy, anger, exasperate, to confuse, baffle

S. Irritate, irk, puzzle, distress
A. Please, delight, soothe, nullify

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Vitality

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Strength, energy, liveliness, the capacity to live and develop, the power to endure or survive

S. Vigor, stanima
A. Lifelessness, torpor, lethargy

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Whimsical

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Subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies, playful, unpredictable

S. Odd, peculiar, quaint, fanciful
A. Serious, sober, matter-of-fact, realistic

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Appease

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V. To make calm, soother, to relieve, satisfy, to yield to

S. Pacify, mollify, placate, propitiate
A. Enrage, provoke, irritate

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Belated

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Late, tardy

S. Delayed, behindhand
A. Early, ahead of time

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Calamitious

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Causing great misfortune

S. Disastorous, catastrophic, ruinos, fatal
A. Fortunate, beneficial, salutary

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Cite

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To quote, to mention, to summon or appear in court, to commend, to recomend

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Conventional

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In line with accepted ideas or standards, trite

S. Ordinary, commonplace, orthodox
A. Outlandish, bizzare, unorthodox

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Decoy

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V. To lure into a trap
N. A person place or thing used to lure into a trap

S. entice, entrap, lure, bait

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Delve

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To dig, search deeply and thoroughly into

S. Probe, investigate

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Ensure

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To follow in order, come immediatly, after and as a result

S. Result
A. Precede, come before

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Gallantry

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Heroic courage, respect and courtesy, an act or statement, marked by a high level of courtesy

S. Bravery, chivalrousness, valor, daring
A. Cowardice, boorishness

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Impart

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To make known, tell, to give, pass something on

S. Transmit, bestow, grant
A. Withhold, keep back, conceal

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Judicious

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Using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible

S. Thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute
A. Foolish, thoughtless, ill-considered

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Mediate

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V. To bring agreement between personsor groups, act as a go-between
Adj. Occupying a middle posititon, inderect, acting through an imtermediary

S. Settle, arbitrate, umpire, referee

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Milleu

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The setting, surrondings, environment

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Outlandish

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Strange, freakish, weird, geographically remote

S. Peculiar, bizzare, odd
A. Conventional, orthodox

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Overbearing

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Domineering, haughty bullying, overpowering, predominant

S. high-handed, overriding
A. Meek, unassuming, self-effacing

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Pert

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High spirited, lively, bold, saucy, jaunty

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Quirk

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A peculiar way of acting, a sudden twist or turn

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Regal

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To feast, entertain agreeably

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Shiftless

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Lazy, lacking in ambition and energy, inneficent

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Taint

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N.A stain or spot, a mark of corruption or dishonor
V. To stain or contaminate

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Abdicate

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To resign, formally give uo an office or a duty, to disown, discard

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Bestow

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To give as a gift, to provide with lodgings

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Capacious

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Able to hold much, roomy

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Caustic

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Able to burn or eat away by chemical action, biting, sarcastic

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Crusade

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A strong movement to advance a cause or idea, to campaign, work vigorously

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Crusade

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A strong movement to advance a cause or idea, to campaign, work vigorously

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Embargo

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An order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods, any restraint or hindrance, to forbid to enter or leave a port, to forbid trade with

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Fallacy

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A flase notion or belief

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Levity

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A lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect, buoyancy, lightness in weight

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Mendicant

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N. beggar
Adj. Depending on begging for a living

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nauseate

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To make sick to the stomach, to fill with disgust

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Negate

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To nullify, deny, bring to nothing

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Pivotal

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Vitally important, essentail

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Recipiant

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One who recieves, recieving, able or willing to recieve

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Ruse

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An action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

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Teem

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To become filled to overflowing, to be present in large quantities

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Tenet

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An opion, belief, or principle held to be true

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Tractable

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Easily managed, easy to deal with, easily wrought, malleable

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Ungainly

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Clumsy, akward, unwiedly

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Voracious

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Having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager