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Vocabulary Lesson 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abduct | To carry away by force; to kidnap |
| Abode | The place where one lives; home |
| Abyss | A deep opening in the earth. Anything too deep to measuree |
| Arbitrate | To settle a disagreement between two parties by having a third party make a decision after hearing both sides. |
| Attributes | To think of as coming from or belonging to a particular person or thing. A quality or feature associated with a person or thing. |
| Capricious | Likely to change quickly for no obvious reason. |
| Compromise | To settle a disagreement by having each side give up something. To expose to the possibility of criticism or shame. A settlement reached by each side giving up something. |
| Devout | Very religious. Sincere. |
| Distraught | Deeply disturbed; very troubled. |
| Enlighten | To inform or instruct; to give knowledge or truth to. |
| Incline | To slope or lean. To be likely to; to have a fondness for. To bend or bow the head. |
| Intervene | To enter in order to help or solve something. |
| Necessity | Anything that cannot be done without; or that is greatly needed. The condition of being needed. |
| Orbit | The path taken by an object around a heavenly body such as a star, planet or moon. |
| Sacred | Holy; have to do with religion. |