4-6 Unit Vocab

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6: ambrosia

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food of gods

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6: atlas

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book of maps

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6: centaur

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Half horse and half human

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6: echo

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Repetition of sound

to repeat another words or ideas; to repeat or reflect sound from a surface

SYN: reverberation; copy

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6:Herculean

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Very powerful courageous

SYN: heroic, prodigious, mighty

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6: Hygiene

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Sanitary practice

SYN: clean

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6: iridescent

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showing shifting changes in color from different angles

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6: Jovial

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full of heart, playful good humor; genial

SYN:merry, cheerful

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6: mentor

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a wise, loyal advisor

SYN: guide, master, guru

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6: Mercurial

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having the qualities of the god Mercury, such as eloquence, cleverness, thievish; quick, quick-witted, changeable

SYN: lively

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6: Nemesis

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just punishment; anyone or anything by which it seems one must inevitably be defeated or frustrated

SYN: retribution, retaliation

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6: Odyssey

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any extended wandering or journey

SYN:pilgrimage, expedition, voyage

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6: Panic

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sudden fear; react to crisis with great fear

SYN: terror, dread, alarm, frightened

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6: Tantalize

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to tease or disappoint by promising or showing something desirable and then withholding it

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6: Zephyr

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a soft, gentle breeze

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5: Abnormal

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not typical

SYN: unusual, odd, irregular

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5: brood

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to worry about; think about stressed way

offspring of animals;all children in family;certain breed or kind

SYN: fret, pine, mope, ponder

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5: casual

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not formal

SYN: cool, calm

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5: crude

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lacking taste and tact

SYN: unrefined

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5: enchant

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to charm greatly

SYN: mesmerize

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5: hospitable

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friendly

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5: Insinuate

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to introduce or work into gradually;to hint

SYN suggest imply

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5: meddle

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to interfere; intrude

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5: nurture

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to promote the development of

SYN feed, nourish

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5: oppress

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to overpower;keep to cruel authority;abuse

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5: pamper

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gratify excess;coddle;spoil

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5: procure

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to obtain; require;acquire;get

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5: snare

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to catch by trapping;trap

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5: tamper

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to meddle with;mess;interfere

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4: amend

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to make better;improve;correct;change;strengthen

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4: cram

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to fill;pressing;squeezing;pack to full;compress

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4: despair

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to give up;lose hope

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4: eave

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roof overhang

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4: eccentric

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odd;unusual;weird;strange

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4: forbidding

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looking dangerous; threatening;scary;banning

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4: germinate

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to grow;seed;bud;sprout;push up

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4: habitat

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natural home

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4: imply

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to suggest; hint;signify

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4: maze

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a confusing pathway;tangle;complex

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4:ordeal

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difficult;painful experience;torment

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4:prohibit

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to forbid;outlaw;ban;prevent;ban

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4: scour

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to clean hella; wash;brush

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4: spacious

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large;enough room;roomy

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4: utterly

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completely;totally;