English II Final

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Augmented
Made greater, larger, or more complete
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August
Marked by majestic dignity or grandeur
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Brazen
Marked by shameless or disrespectful boldness
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Cessation
A temporary or final ceasing as of action
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Chatisement
To inflict punishment on
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Condemned
Declared to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil
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Confounded
Confused, perplexed
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Counsel
A policy or plan of action or behavior
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Decorum
Propriety and good taste in conduct or appearance
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Deflects
To hit something and change direction
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Demeanor
Outward manner
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Disconsolate
Very unhappy or sad
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Discourse
A formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject
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Disembarked
To get out of a vehicle or craft
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Edict
An official order given by a person with power or by a government
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Endure
To remain firm under suffering or misfortune without yielding
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Entreated
To plead with especially in order to persuade
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Fawned
To court favor by a cringing or flattering manner
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Heedless
Not paying careful attention
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Imminent
Ready to take place; happening soon
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Impeded
To interfere with or slow the progress of
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Infirmity
The condition of being feeble
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Inhabit
To be present in or occupy in any manner of form
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Insurrection
An act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
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Interred
To deposit a dead body in the earth or in the tomb
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Legacies
Something that is willed to someone by a person who has died
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Majority
The quality or state of being greater
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Mediates
Acting through an intervening agency
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Mirth
Gladness or anxiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
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Misconstructed
To misinterpret the meaning, intention, or character of someone
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Obtain
To gain or attain usually by planned action or effort
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Portentous
Giving a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen
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Presage
To give or be a sign of
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Presume
To take for granted
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Prodigious
Causing amazement or wonder
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Profuse
Pouring forth liberally
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Prophesy
To predict with assurance or on the basis of mystic knowledge
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Rash
Marked by or proceeding from undue haste or lack of deliberation or caution
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Replication
The action or process of reproducing or duplicating
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Resolution
The act or process of resolving
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Sated
To fill with food so that no more is wanted
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Sententiously
Having or expressing strong opinions about what people should and should not do
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Servile
Very obedient and trying too hard to please someone
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Spare
To refrain from attacking or reprimanding with necessary or salutary severity
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Spectacle
Something exhibited to view as unusual, notable or entertaining; an eye-catching or dramatic public display
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Strife
A bitter sometimes sometimes violent conflict or dissension
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Tangible
Capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch
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Toil
To work hard and long
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Waver
To hesitate as if about to give way
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Wrathfully
Feeling or showing anger
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