Vocab Workshop Level D Unit 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abridge | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| adherent | someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another |
| alteration | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
| cherubic | having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub |
| condone | excuse, overlook, or make allowances for |
| dissent | the act of protesting |
| eminent | of imposing height |
| exocise | to drive out by magic; to dipose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive. Syn: expel, dispel |
| fabricate | make up something artificial or untrue |
| irate | feeling or showing extreme anger |
| marauder | someone who attacks in search of booty |
| obesity | more than average fatness |
| pauper | a person who is very poor |
| pilfer | make off with belongings of others |
| rift | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) |
| semblance | picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing |
| surmount | be or do something to a greater degree |
| terminate | bring to an end or halt |
| trite | repeated too often |
| usurp | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
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