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English 12 Vocab 4
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English 12 Vocab 4
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Harbinger
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1.One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come
Sentence: Frost is a harbinger of winter. |
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Auspicious
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1. Attended by favorable circumstances
Sentence: an auspicious time to ask for a raise in salary |
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Usurp
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1.To take over or occupy without right
Sentence: usurp a neighbor's land. |
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Equivocate
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1. To be deliberately unclear in order to mislead or to avoid committing oneself to anything definite.
Sentence: the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness |
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Sate
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1. To satisfy (an appetite) fully.
2.To satisfy to excess. |
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Efface
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1.To rub or wipe out; erase.
Sentence: daylight effaced the stars |
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Bode
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1. to announce beforehand : FORETELL
Sentence: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft. |
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Conjure
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1. To call or bring to mind; evoke:
2.To summon (a devil or spirit) by magical or supernatural power. b. To influence or effect by or as if by magic: Sentence:a sight to store away, then conjure up someday when they were no longer together. |
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Augur
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1. A seer or prophet; a soothsayer.
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