Wordly Wise, Book 5, Lesson 16

Michael Misha
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  1. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  2. assume
    take to be the case or to be true
  3. bungle
    make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
  4. dominate
    be in control
  5. former
    the first of two or the first mentioned of two
  6. guardian
    a person who cares for persons or property
  7. hoist
    raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  8. intercept
    seize, interrupt, or stop something on its way
  9. jubilee
    a special anniversary or the celebration of it
  10. kin
    a person related to another or others
  11. next of kin
    the person who is most closely related to a given person
  12. pardon
    accept an excuse for
  13. proclaim
    declare formally
  14. provoke
    provide the needed stimulus for
  15. provocative
    serving or tending to excite or stimulate
  16. reign
    royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
  17. riot
    a state of disorder involving group violence
Created on Thu Feb 07 13:00:01 EST 2013

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