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Vocab Level D Unit 3
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Level D Unit 3
Word | Definition |
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abridge | v. to make shorter |
adherent | n. follower, supporter; adj. attached, sticking to |
altercation | n. an angry argument |
cherubic | adj. angel child w/ round chubby face; sweet, innocent |
condone | v. to pardon or overlook |
dissent | v. to disagree; n. disagreement |
eminent | adj. famous, outstading, distinguished, projecting |
exorcise | v. to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppresive |
fabricate | v. to make, manufacture, invent, to make up |
irate | adj. angry |
marauder | n. a raider, plunderer |
obesity | n. excessive fatness |
pauper | n. an extremely poor person |
pilfer | v. to steal in small quantities |
rift | n. a split, break, breach |
semblance | n. a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition |
surmount | v. to overcome, rise above |
terminate | v. to bring to an end |
trite | adj. commonplace; overused, stale |
usurp | v. to seize and hold a position by force or without right |