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Ch. 8 Voc Words
Definition | Word |
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to violate or diregard a law or an agreement | Infringe |
to trespass | Infringe |
to break in on | Infringe |
seemingly desirable, reasonable, or true but not really so | Specious |
having a deceptively good apperance | Specious |
outwardly professed | Ostensibly |
apparent | Ostensibly |
seeming | Ostensibly |
to declare free from guilt and blame | Absolve |
to set free from a promise or an obligation | Absolve |
to subdue | Subject |
to conquer | Subject |
to force to submit | Subject |
any two places at directly opposite points on the earth | Antipodes |
two opposite things | Antipodes |
applying to events that are past | Retroactive |
a strong dislike | Antipathy |
an aversion | Antipathy |
a stinging plant | Nettle |
to sting with, or as if with, a nettle | nettle |
to cause sharp annoyance | Nettle |
to irritate | Nettle |
poor | Indigent |
needy | indigent |