Michigan ECPE Unit 1

Mr. Manners (China)
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  1. adapt
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
  2. aggregated
    formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
  3. amiss
    in an improper or mistaken manner
  4. anticipate
    regard something as probable or likely
  5. argue
    have a disagreement about something
  6. assemble
    create by putting components or members together
  7. attribute
    a quality belonging to or characteristic of an entity
  8. authentic
    not counterfeit or copied
  9. avoid
    stay away from
  10. awkward
    lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
  11. charm
    attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
  12. compact
    closely and firmly united or packed together
  13. compile
    get or gather together
  14. compulsive
    having obsessive habits or irresistible urges
  15. confiscate
    take temporary possession of a security by legal authority
  16. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  17. designate
    design or destine
  18. detainee
    a person held in custody
  19. discard
    anything that is cast aside
  20. dismiss
    stop associating with
  21. edgy
    in a very tense state
  22. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  23. enlist
    join the military
  24. enraged
    marked by extreme anger
  25. ensue
    take place or happen afterward or as a result
  26. entice
    provoke someone to do something through persuasion
  27. exempt
    freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability
  28. exile
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
  29. expire
    lose validity
  30. hinge
    a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing
  31. hoard
    a secret store of valuables or money
  32. identical
    being the exact same one
  33. insist
    be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
  34. instill
    impart gradually
  35. internal
    located inward
  36. intersect
    meet or cross at a point; overlap
  37. invest
    lay out money or resources in an enterprise
  38. justified
    having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
  39. lush
    produced or growing in extreme abundance
  40. magnify
    increase in size, volume or significance
  41. mandatory
    required by rule
  42. miraculous
    peculiarly fortunate, as if by divine intervention
  43. neutral
    having no personal preference
  44. notify
    inform somebody of something
  45. posterity
    all future generations
  46. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  47. reassemble
    put back together again
  48. recuperate
    restore to good health or strength
  49. refined
    cultivated and genteel
  50. rejection
    the act of turning something down
  51. relic
    an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
  52. reluctant
    not eager
  53. strenuous
    taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
  54. submerge
    put under water
  55. vicious
    having the nature of evildoing
  56. vital
    performing an essential function in the living body
Created on Fri Feb 22 12:08:02 EST 2013 (updated Sun Feb 24 10:11:32 EST 2013)

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