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Ch. 8 Voc Words
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| to violate or diregard a law or an agreement | Infringe |
| to trespass | Infringe |
| to break in on | Infringe |
| seemingly desirable, reasonable, or true but not really so | Specious |
| having a deceptively good apperance | Specious |
| outwardly professed | Ostensibly |
| apparent | Ostensibly |
| seeming | Ostensibly |
| to declare free from guilt and blame | Absolve |
| to set free from a promise or an obligation | Absolve |
| to subdue | Subject |
| to conquer | Subject |
| to force to submit | Subject |
| any two places at directly opposite points on the earth | Antipodes |
| two opposite things | Antipodes |
| applying to events that are past | Retroactive |
| a strong dislike | Antipathy |
| an aversion | Antipathy |
| a stinging plant | Nettle |
| to sting with, or as if with, a nettle | nettle |
| to cause sharp annoyance | Nettle |
| to irritate | Nettle |
| poor | Indigent |
| needy | indigent |