Vocab Unit 9 Flashcards

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Awry

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With a turn or twist to one side

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Apt

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Inclined, prone

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Bludgeon

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To strike or knock down

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Capitulate

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To surrender

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Chafe

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To wear by rubbing

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Defile

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To make foul,dirty, or unclean

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Disarming

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Removing or capable of removing hostility by charming.

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Disgruntled

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Discontented, peevish

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Encroach

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To trespass upon property.

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Endow

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To provide with permanent fund or source.

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Fend

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To ward off.

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Impunity

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Exception from punishment

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Mien

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Air bearing, or demeanor

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Penal

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Pertaining to or involving punishment

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Pertinent

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Pertaining directly to the matter at hand

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Predominant

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Having power over others

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Prodigy

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A young person having extraordinary talent or abilities.

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Recluse

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A person who lives apart from society

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Renown

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Widespread and high repute

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Dire

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Causing or involving great fear or suffering