ww 9&10
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scchick45965 on November 17, 2009
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Porter Gaud Study Group Seniors, Porter-Gaud Class of 2013, The best 8th grade group..... ever
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39 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 conserve | save |
| conserves | jams |
| embellish | add decorative details to |
| impassive | showing no feeling |
| inaugurate | formally start |
| inaugurate | ceremoniously place in office |
| bulwark | defense |
| bulwarks | sides above the deck |
| skimp | spend as little as possible |
| chasten | punish |
| hidebound | narrow-minded |
| annotated | with explanatory notes |
| conifer | evergreen, cone-bearing tree |
| stalwart | fearless and sturdy |
| treatise | formal essay |
| stilted | forced and un-natural |
| appraise | estimate the worth of |
| appraise | judge the quality of |
| mannerism | peculiarity of speech or behavior |
| impart | give |
| impart | tell |
| suave | gracious and self-assured |
| dtract | take away something |
| virulent | highly infectious |
| virulent | hateful |
| assiduous | marked by hard, steady effort |
| remuneration | payment for work done |
| acquiese | agree without protest |
| abbreviated | shortened |
| eschew | shun |
| recoil | spring back |
| writ | document ordering or forbidding some action |
| writ | writings |
| enclosure | space shut in on all sides |
| enclosure | material accompanying a letter |
| rime | frozen mist |
| rime | poem |
| nebulous | vague |
| nebula | cloudlike group of stars |
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