Vocab Midterm Review (Revised)

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AMASS

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to bring together, collect, gather

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COMPLY

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to yield to a request or command

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ELITE

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the choice part of a group of people or things

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GRAPPLE

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to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

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INSTIGATE

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to deprive of strength or ability

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LONGEVITY

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long life, long duration, length of life

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MYRIAD

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in very great numbers

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PERSPECTIVE

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a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally

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PERTURB

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to trouble easily, disturb, make uneasy

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TETHER

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to fasten with a rope or chain

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UNISON

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a sounding together;agreement or accord

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WILLFUL

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stubbornly self willed, done on purpose, deliberate

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DEPLORE

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to feel or express regret or disapproval

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FRIVOLOUS

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of little importance, not worthy of serious attention

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NONENTITY

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a person or thing of no importance

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OUST

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to remove, drive out of place or position

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PERUSE

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to read thoroughly and carefully

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POROUS

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full of tiny holes, able to be penetrated by air or water

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PRONE

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lying face down, inclined or likely

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RECOURSE

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a person or thing turned to for help or advice

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RESIDUE

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a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed

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STAID

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serious and dignified, quiet or subdued in character or conduct

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SUSTAIN

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to support, nourish, keep up

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AMPLE

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more than enough

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ASSERT

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to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully

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COWER

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to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

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DISDAIN

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to look upon with scorn

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FACETIOUS

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humorous, not meant seriously

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INTRIGUE

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to puzzle or excite the curiosity

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JURISDICTION

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an area of authority or control

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PLAUSIBLE

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appearing true, reasonable

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PLEBEIAN

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a common person, member of the lower class

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PULVERIZE

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to destroy or overcome

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SEQUEL

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that which follows, a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier

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VOLATILE

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high changeable, fickle

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ARTICULATE

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to pronounce distinctly and clearly

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BASK

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to be in, or expose oneself to pleasant warmth

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FINESSE

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delicate skill, cleverness

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OSTRACIZE

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to exclude from a group, banish, send away

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PREMONITION

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a forewarning or foreboding of a future event

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REHABILITATE

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to restore to good condition or a former position or state

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RESOLUTE

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bord, determined, firm