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Unit 3
9th Grade
definition | word |
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to make shorter | abridge |
a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to | adherent |
an angry argument | altercation |
resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent | cherubic |
to pardon or overlook | condone |
to disagree; disagreement | dissent |
famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting | eminent |
to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive | exorcise |
to make, manufacture; to make up, invent | fabricate |
angy | irate |
a raider, plunderer | marauder |
excessive fatness | obesity |
an extremely poor person | pauper |
to steal in small quantities | pilfer |
a split, beak, breach | rift |
a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition | semblance |
to overcome, rise above | surmount |
to bring to an end | terminate |
commonplace; overused, state | trite |
to seize and hold a position by force or without right | usurp |