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ELA Vocab Unit 1 - 3
| Abridge | to make shorter |
| Adherent | a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to |
| Altercation | an angry argument |
| Cherubic | resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face |
| Condone | to pardon or overlook |
| Dissent | to disagree |
| Eminent | famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting |
| Exorcise | to take something out with magic, to drive out |
| Fabricate | to make, manufacture; to make up, invent, |
| Gluttony | excessive eating or drinking, overeating |
| Irate | angry, livid, infuriated |
| Marauder | a raider, plunderer, robber, thief |
| Pauper | an extremely poor person |
| Pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| Rift | a split, break, breach |
| Semblance | an outward appearance, look, or show that suggests something is true, |
| Surmount | to overcome; rise above |
| Terminate | to bring to an end |
| Trite | commonplace; overused; stale |
| Usurp | to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
| Admonish | to scold or reprimand |
| Breach | an act of breaking a law, promise , agreement or relationship |
| Brigand | A robber, bandit, outlaw |
| Circumspect | Careful, cautious |
| Commandeer | To seize for military use |
| Cumbersome | Clumsy, hard to handle |
| Deadlock | A standstill |
| Debris | Scattered fragments; wreckage |
| Diffuse | To spread or scatter |
| Dilemma | A difficult situation or problem |
| Efface | To wipe out |
| Muddle | To make a mess of |
| Opinionated | Stubborn and unreasonable in one’s views |
| Perennial | Lasting for a long time; persistent |
| Predispose | To incline to beforehand |
| Relinquish | To give up, to let go |
| Salvage | Saved property |
| Spasmodic | Occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts |
| Spurious | false, although seeming to be real or true |
| Unbridled | lacking control and therefore extreme |
| Adjourn | To stop temporarily; move to another place |
| Alien | Foreign, strange or a citizen of another country; foreign, strange |
| Comely | Having a pleasing appearance |
| Compensate | To make up for; to repay for services |
| Dissolute | Loose in one’s morals or behavior |
| Erratic | Not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable |
| Expulsion | The process of driving or forcing out |
| Feint | A deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; To make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
| Fodder | Food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| Fortify | To strengthen, build up |
| Illegible | Difficult or impossible to read |
| Jeer | To make fun of rudely or unkindly; A rude remark or derision |
| Lucrative | Bringing in money; profitable |
| Mediocre | Average, ordinary, undistinguished |
| Proliferate | To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| Subjugate | To conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| Sully | To soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| Tantalize | To tease, torment by teasing |
| Terse | Brief and to the point |
| Unflinching | Firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |
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