Vocabulary

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Vocabulary

• Unit 9

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Allocate

• The teacher allocated a section of the room for
  storing the students textbooks.

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Ardent

• He was so ardent about starting a recycling
  program in school that he personally visited
  every classroom

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Assiduous

• The student was assiduous in his studies of
  foreign affairs.

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Brash

• The young pilot had a brash attitude and a sharp
  tongue.

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Capricious

• He thought the draft was capricious instead of
  based upon ability.

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Chastise

• The boss was sure to chastise anyone who was
  misbehaving.

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Copious

• The copious essay took me 3 hours to read.

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Deviate

• As I got tired, the car I was driving began to
  deviate from the intended course.

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Emaciated

• In concentration camps, the bodies of starving
  people became emaciated.

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Exult

• After winning the competition by only one point,
  the team was sure not to exult in their close
  victory.

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Gnarled

• As I ran to the scene, I saw the bike, which
  became a gnarled mass of metal.

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Indemnity

• After the company hit his mailbox, Bob demanded
  some indemnity.

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Inkling

• The smile on her face gave no inkling to the
  sorrow she really felt.

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Limpid

• From my boat, I could see the fish through the
  limpid waters of the lake.

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Omnipotent

• If he becomes king, he will be the first
  omnipotent ruler we ever had.

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Palatable

• The chef was able to make the worst foods
  palatable.

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Poignant

• That poignant scene in the movie made me cry.

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Rancor

• The dispute caused much rancor between the two
  groups.

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Sophomoric

• Some may say sophomores are sophomoric.

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Spontaneous

• The idea to go into the city was not planned, it
  was spontaneous.

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