Ms.Robbins English Vocab
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give-a-hoot on February 2, 2011
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Ms.Robbins English H7 Unit 9 vocab flashcards
Classes:
Sevies at La Reina, Seventh Grade History, la reina 2016, La Reina Sevies
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 apt | suitable,fitting,quick to learn |
| awry | in a turned posistion or wrong, out of the right course |
| bludgeon | a short club used as a weapon or to strike with a club |
| capitulate | to end resistance, give up, surrender |
| chafe | to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annnoyance or a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
| defile | to make unclean, destroy the purity of or a narrow passage |
| dire | dreadful, causing fear, warning of trouble, demanding immediate action |
| disarming | charming, tending to get rid of suspicion |
| disgruntled | in bad humor, annoyed |
| encroach | to advance beyond the proper limits, trespass |
| endow | provide with funds or some other desirable thing |
| fend | to ward off, manage |
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
| mien | manner, appearance; expression |
| penal | having to do with punishment |
| pertinent | related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| predominant | the greatest in strength or power; most common |
| prodigy | something wonderful or monstrous; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
| recluse | a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world |
| renown | fame, glory |
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