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English Vocab

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Apparel   Clothing that serves as dresses or decoration  
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Besiege   To attack by surrounding with military forces, to cause worry or trouble  
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Compress   To press together, to reduce in size of volume; a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury  
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Denounce   To condemn openly, to accuse formally  
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Dispatch   To send off or out for a purpose to kill, an official message, promptness speed  
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Douse   plunge into liquid, drench , to put out quickly, extinguish  
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Expressly   plainly, in so many word; for a particular purpose  
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Famished   Suffering severely from hunger from lack of something  
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Forsake   To give up, renounce, to leave, abandon  
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Gainful   Profitable; bring in money or some special advantages  
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Immense   Very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurment  
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Inept   Totally without skill or appropriateness  
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Ingenious   Showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourceful; clever  
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Instantaneous   Done in an instance; immediate  
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Irk   To annoy, trouble, make weary  
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Libel   A written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; to write a published such a statement  
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Misgiving   A feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty  
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Oaf   A stupid person; a big clumsy, slow individual  
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Recede   To go or move backward; to become more distant  
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Repast   A meal, food  
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Constrain   To force, compel; to restrain , hold back  
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Contemporarty   Belonging to the same period of the time as oneself; a person of the same time  
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Depict   To portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture  
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Disinterested   Fair minded, free from self motives; indifferent  
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Encompass   To encircle, go or reach around; to enclose; to include with a certain group or class  
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Adverse   Unfavorable, negative , working against , hostile  
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Assailant   A person who attacks (with blows or words)  
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Billow   A large wave; to rise or swell like a wave  
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Arid   Extremely dry, uninteresting ,dull  
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Confront   To meet face to face, especially as a challenge comes to grip with  
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Groundless   Without any good reason or cause; unjustified  
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Hypocrite   A person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better then he or she really is; a two -faced person  
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Incomprehensible   Impossible to understand  
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Manipulate   To handle or use skillfully' to manage or control fro personal gain or advantage  
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Maximum   The greatest possible amount or degree; reaching the greatest possible amount or degree  
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Mimic   A person who does imitations; to imitate, to make fun of  
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Ruffle   To wrinkle, make uneven; to annoy, upset, to flip through; a gathered strip of material used for trimming edges; a ripple; a low drumbeat  
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Serene   Peaceful ,clam, free of emotional upset; clear and free of storm; majestic, grand  
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Sheepish   Embarrassed; resembling ga sheep in meekness; timid  
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Stamina   The strength needed to jeep going or overcome physical or mental strain; staying power  
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Barrage   A rapid, large scale outpouring of something  
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Bigot   An intolerant, prejudiced or biased person  
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Designate   To indicate, point out; to appoint selected but not yet installed  
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Diversity   Difference, variety, a condition of having many different types or forms  
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Enigma   Someone or something that is extremely puzzling, that which cannot be understood or explained  
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Gloat   To look at or think about with great intensity and satisfaction; to take great personal joy in  
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Global   Relating to , or involving the entire world; comprehensive  
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Illusion   A false idea  
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Motivative   To provide with reason for going  
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Pacifist   One who is against war or the use of violence; opposing war or violence  
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Queue   A line of people waiting for something; to form such a line  
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Restrict   To keep within set limits; to confine  
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Sage   wise; a very wise person  
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Slake   To satisfy, relieve, or bring, or to brig to an end  
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Terrain   Landscape  
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Vocation   Any trade  
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Vow   Promise  
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Waylay   To lie in wait for  
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Wither   To dry up  
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Infuriate   To make angry week 4 or 5????????????  
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Acquit   To declare not guilty  
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Deem   To think believe; to consider  
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Devastate   To destroy  
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Discredit   To throw doubt upon  
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Elusive   Difficult to catch or to hold; hard to explain or understand  
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Generate   To bring into existence  
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Idolize   To worship as an idol  
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Ingratitude   A lack or thankfulness  
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Keepsake   Something kept in moratory  
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Mortal   A being that must eventually die  
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Ovation   An enthusiastic public welcome  
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Petty   Unimportant  
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Plight   A sorry condition or state  
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Repent   To feel sorry for what one has done  
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Reverie   A daydream  
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Revocation   An act  
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Scan   To examine closely  
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Strand   A beach or shore  
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Strife   Bitter disagreement  
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Topple   To fall forward  
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Acute   With a shape point  
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Bluster   To talk or act in a noisy and threatening way  
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Bungle   To act or work clumsily and awkwardly  
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Commentary   A series of notes clarifying or explaining something  
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Duration   The length of time that something continues or lasts  
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Eerie   Causing fear  
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Facet   one aspect  
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Fidelity   The state of being faithful  
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Fray   A brawl  
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Headstrong   Willful, stubborn  
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Inhabitant   One living permanently in a giving place  
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Numb   Having lost the power of feeling or movement  
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Pacify   To make peaceful or calm  
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Ravenous   Greedy  
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Refute   To prove incorrect  
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Remorse   Deep and painful regret  
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Setback   Something that interferes with progress  
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Smug   Overly self-satisfied  
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Synopsis   A brief statement giving a general view of some subject  
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Tarry   To delay leaving  
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Agenda   The program for a meeting  
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Amiable   Friendly  
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Befuddle   To confuse  
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Blight   A disease that causes plants to die  
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Boisterous   Rough and noisy in a cheerful way  
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Clarity   Clearness  
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Compliant   Willing to do what someone else wants  
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Conserve   To preserve  
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Debut   A first public appearance  
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Gory   Marked by blooshed  
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Gross   Overweight  
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Induce   To cause, bring out  
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Leeway   Extra space for moving along a certain route  
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Limber   Flexible  
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Maze   A network of paths through which it is hard to find one's way  
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Oracle   Someone or something that can predict the future  
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Partisan   A strong supporter of a person  
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Reimburse   To pay back  
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Vacate   To go away from  
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Vegabond   An idle wanderer  
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