Vocabulary Unit 3

rachelh (United States of America)
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  1. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  2. adherent
    someone who believes and helps to spread a doctrine
  3. altercation
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  4. cherubic
    having a sweet nature befitting an angel
  5. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  6. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  7. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  8. exorcise
    expel through adjuration or prayers
  9. fabricate
    put together out of artificial or natural components
  10. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  11. marauder
    someone who attacks in search of loot
  12. obesity
    the condition of being excessively overweight
  13. pauper
    a person who is very poor
  14. pilfer
    make off with belongings of others
  15. rift
    a narrow fissure in rock
  16. semblance
    the outward or apparent appearance or form of something
  17. surmount
    get on top of; deal with successfully
  18. terminate
    bring to an end or halt
  19. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  20. usurp
    seize and take control without authority
Created on Fri Dec 13 09:48:14 EST 2013

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