Vocabulary Power Plus Vocabulary, Reading, and Writing Exercises for Higher Achievement — Book G, Lesson Three
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prestwickhouse on February 19, 2009
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Language, MPCDS group (study buddies), Metairie Park Country Day study group, 7th Grade Reading and Vocabulary, English 7R, Prestwick House Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 amity | friendship |
| cater | to supply what is needed or desired; to serve |
| guise | a false appearance |
| inconsequential | of little or no importance; irrelevant; without consequence |
| jubilant | joyous, especially because of success |
| placate | to calm; to pacify |
| preclude | to prevent |
| repress | to hold back or put down with force; to suppress |
| saturate | to fill or soak to capacity |
| slake | to satisfy; to quench; to make less intense |
| sortie | a flight of a combat aircraft on a mission; an armed attack, especially against surrounding enemy forces |
| succumb | to submit reluctantly; to yield |
| tranquil | calm; peaceful |
| venomous | poisonous; intentionally harmful; malevolent |
| wrest | to obtain through force, usually by twisting and turning violently |
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