English Iii Vocabulary Unit 12

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Absolve

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(v) to say publicly that someone is not guilty or responsible for something

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Caricature

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(n) a drawing or description of someone or something that is only partly true and makes them seem silly (v) to draw or describe someone or something in a way that makes them seem silly

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Clangor

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(n) a loud sound that continues for a long time (v) to make a loud sound that continues for a long time

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Contiguous

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(adj) next to something, or next to each other

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Cupidity

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(n) very strong desire for something, especially money or property

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Deleterious

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(adj) damaging or harmful

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Enhance

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(v) to improve something

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Enthrall

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(v) to make someone very interested and excited, so that they listen or watch something very carefully

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Extenuate

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(v) to make something less serious by presenting facts or reasons which make you feel that it was reasonable for someone to break the usual rules, or make you have sympathy for someone who did something wrong or illegal

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Implicit

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(adj) suggested or understood without being stated directly

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Incisive

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(adj) showing intelligence and a clear understanding of something

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Ostentatious

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(adj) something that looks very expensive and is designed to make people think that its owner must be very rich

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Paragon

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(n) someone who is perfect or is extremely brave, good, etc.

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Paraphrase

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(v) to express in a shorter, clearer, or different way what someone has said or written (n) a statement that expresses in a shorter, clearer, or different way what someone has said or written

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Politic

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(adj) sensible and likely to gain you an advantage

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Prosaic

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(adj) boring or ordinary

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Redundant

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(adj) not necessary because something else means or does the same thing

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Sanctimonious

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(adj) behaving as if you are morally better than other people, in a way that is annoying

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Scintillating

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(adj., part) interesting, clever, and amusing

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Winsome

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(adj) behaving in a pleasant and attractive way