10th grade vocab words
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| accede | to yield
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| allure | to entice, tempt
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| altruistic | unselfish, selfless
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| amend | to change
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| animosity | strong dislike
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| apothy | lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
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| askew | twisted to one side, crooked
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| assiduous | persistent, attentive
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| belligerent | given to fighting, warlike
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| benevolent | kind, charitable
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| buffet | to slap or cuff, to strike repeatedly
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| capricious | subject to whims or passing fancies
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| chaos | great confusion, disorder
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| commended | to praise, express approval
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| covet | to desire something belonging to another
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| culinary | of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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| delete | to erase, wipe out
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| diffident | shy, lacking self confidence, modest
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| disperse | to scatter, spread far & wide
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| emaciated | unnaturally thin
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| embark | to go aboard, to make a start
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| exhilarate | to enliven, sheer, give spirit or liveliness to
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| expunged | to erase, destroy, obliterate
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| facile | easily done or attained, ready
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| gape | to stare with open mouth
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| gnarled | knotted, twisted, lumpy
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| holocaust | a large scale destruction, especially by fire, vast slaughter
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| impetus | a moving force, impulse, stimulus
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| infallible | free from error
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| intimation | a hint, indirect suggestion
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| musty | state moldy
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| nonchalant | cool & confident
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| obsolete | out of date
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| ominous | unfavorable, threatenting
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| palatable | agreeable to the taste or one;s sensibility, suitable for consumption
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| pinnacle | a high peak or point
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| plod | to walk heavily or slowly
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| punitive | inflicting or aiming at punishment
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| quell | to subdue, put down forcibly
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| rampant | running wild
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| redress | to set right, remedy
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| renegade | one who leaves a group, deserter, outlaw
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| respite | a period of relief or rest
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| skulked | to move about stealthy, to lie in hiding
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| sophomoric | immature & overconfident or emotionally dull
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| suave | smoothly agreeable or polite
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| supercilious | proud & contemptuous; snobbish
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| suppress | to stop by force, put down
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| tepid | lukewarm
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| urbane | refined in manner or style, suave
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| verbatim | word for word
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| warily | cautiously, with great care
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