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Unit 3 Vocab
abridge | to make shorter |
adherent | attached, sticking to has attracted many |
altercation | an angry argument |
cherubic | resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful round face |
condone | to pardon or overlook |
dissent | to dissgree |
eminent | famous outstanding |
rift | a split break breach |
terminate | to bring to an end |
usurp | to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
surmount | to overcome rise above |
trite | commonplace overused stale |
semblance | a likeness an outward appearance an apparation |
exorcise | to drive out by magic to dispose of something troublesome |
pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
pauper | an extremely poor person |
obesity | extreme fatness |
marauder | a raider plunderer |
irate | angry |
fabricate | to make manufacture to make up invent |