Trimester #1 English 6H vocabuly
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| apparel | (n)clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration
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| apparel | (v) to put clothes on, to dress up
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| compress | (v) to press together; to reduce in size or volume
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| compress | (n) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury
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| denounce | (v) to condemn openly; to accuse formally
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| douse | (v) to plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish
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| famished | (adj., part.) suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something
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| immense | (adj.) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement
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| inept | totally without skill or appropriateness
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| instantaneous | (adj.) done in an instant; immediate
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| irk | (v) to annoy, trouble, make weary
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| recede | (v) to go or move backward; to become more distant
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| arid | (adj) extremely dry; uninteresting, dull
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| billow | (n) a large wave
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| billow | (v) to rise or swell like a wave
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| confront | (v) to meet face-to-face, especially as a challenge; come to grips with
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| contemporary | (adj) belonging to the same period of time as oneself
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| contemporary | (n) a person of the same time
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| depict | (v) to portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture
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| disinterested | (adj) fair-minded, free from selfish motives; indifferent
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| encompass | (v) to encircle, go or reach around; to enclose; to include with a certain group or class
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| hypocrite | (n) a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she really is; a two-faced person
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| serene | (adj) peaceful, calm; free of emotional upset; clear and free of storm; majestic, grand
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| stamina | (n) the strength needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain; staying power
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| enigma | (n) someone or something that is extremely puzzling; that which cannot be understood or explained
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| gloat | (v) to look at or think about with great intensity and satisfaction; to take great personal joy in
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| global | (adj) or, relating to, or involving the entire world; comprehensive
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| infuriate | (v) to make very angry, enrage
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| sage | (adj) wise
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| sage | (n) a very wise person
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| slake | (v) to satisfy, relieve or bring to an end
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| terrain | (n) the landscape, especially considered with regard to its physical features or fitness for some use; a field of knowledge
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| vocation | (n) any trade, profession, or occupation; a sense of fitness or special calling for one's work
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| waylay | (v) to lie in wait for and attack, ambush
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| wither | (v) to dry up, wilt, sag; to cause someone to feel ashamed, humiliated, or very small
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| devastate | (v) to destroy, lay wast, leave in runs
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| elusive | (adj)difficult to catch or to hold; hard to explain or understand
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| idolize | (v) to worship as an idol, make an idol of; to love very much
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| ingratitude | (n) a lack of thankfulness
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| petty | (adj) unimportant, trivial; narrow-minded; secondary in rank
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| reverie | (n) a daydream; the condition of being lost inthought
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| revocation | (n) an act or instance of calling back, an annulment, cancellation
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| scan | (v) to examine closely; to look over quickly but thoroughly; to analyze the rhythm of a poem
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| scan | (n) an examination
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| strife | (n) bitter disagreement; fighting, struggle
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| topple | (v) to fall forward; to overturn, bring about the downfall of
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| acute | (adj) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time
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| bungle | (v)to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness
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| headstron | (adj) willful, stubborn
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| inhabitant | (n) one living permanently in a given place
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| pacify | (v) to make peaceful or calm; to soothe
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| ravenous | (adj) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction
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| remorse | (n) deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience
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| smug | (adj) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous
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| synopsis | (n) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary
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| tarry | (v) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while
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