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THEMA English Vocab1

advanced english words for ninth graders.

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1. to accept to receive, take
2. to affect to make a difference, to influence
3. ascetic self denying (monks)
4. capitol government building
5. to censor edit or delete material
6. complement something that completes, goes well with
7. contemptible hateful
8.credible believable, plausible
9. to deprecate to disapprove with regret
10. discrete separate
11. to elicit to draw forth as information; to extract to escape notice
12. to elude to escape notice
13. factious inclined to dispute
14. gourmet lover of fine food
15. to immigrate to move to a country or area
16. indigenous native
17. ingenious inventive, clever
18. except but
19. to effect to bring about, to cause to happen
20. effect (n) the results or outcome
21. aesthetic referring to beauty
22. capital all other uses, i.e., first-rate; money stake; net worth; capital letter
23. to censure to criticize harshly
24. compliment approving remark
25. contemptuous open disrespect or scorn
26. credulous gullible, innocent, naïve
27. to depreciate to go down in value
28. discreet Modest self-restraint, careful
29. illicit illegal
30. to allude to refer to indirectly
31. factitious artificial, sham
32. gourmand lover of lots of food
33. to emigrate to leave your country
34. indigent poor
35. ingenuous innocent, naïve
36. to lose to misplace
37. marital of marriage
38. principal (n) the PAL in charge of the school
39. principal (adj) highest, chief, main
40. to prophesy to foretell, predict
41. to prosecute to bring legal action
42. to regale to entertain, with jokes, food, etc.
43. urbane sophisticated
44. vocation your job
45. loose not securely attached
46. martial warlike
47. principle (n) fundamental truth
48. prophecy that which is foretold
49. persecute to harass, annoy (especially for beliefs)
50. regal (adj) as royalty
51. urban referring to cities
52. avocation your hobby
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