Vocab List #9

Verb: to assent tactly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent

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To ___ halfheartedly in a business plan.

Verb: to attack vigorously or violently; assault

Verb: To attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.

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To ___ one's opponent with slander.

Verb: To undertake with the purpose of mastering

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He ____ his studies with new determination.

Verb: to impinge upon; make an impact on; beset

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His mind was ___ by conflicting arguments. The light ____ their eyes.

Noun: the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow.

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His arm took the ____ of the blow.

Verb: to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate

Verb: to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc., extenuate.

Noun: a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc.

Noun: Something succeeded or replaced by something else.

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The new monument in the park is more beautiful than its ____.

Noun: Archaic. An ancestor; forefather.

Noun: a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy.

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Authorities did not release details on the ______.

Verb: to surround with military forces

Verb: to surround or beset, as with troubles

Verb: to express earnest disapproval of

Verb: to urge reasons against; protest against (a scheme, purpose, etc.).

Verb: to depreciate; belittle

Verb: Archaic. to pray for deliverance from

Noun: (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping.

Noun: any body of troops in close array.

Noun: a number of individuals, especially persons united for a common purpose.

Noun: a compact or closely massed body of persons, animals, or things

Noun: Military. (initial capital letter) a radar-controlled U.S. Navy 20mm Gatling-type gun deployed on ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles

Noun: the setting right of what is wrong.

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____ of abuses.

Noun: compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury.

Verb: to dress again.

Verb: to set right; remedy or repair (wrong, injuries, etc.)

Verb: to correct or reform (abuses, evils, etc.)

Verb: to adjust evenly again, as a balance.

Noun: a wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart

Noun: any protection against external danger, injury, or annoyance.

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The new dam was a ____ against future floods.

Noun: any person or thing giving strong support or encouragement in time of need, danger, or doubt

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Religion was his ____.

Noun: usually, bulwarks. Natural. a solid wall enclosing the perimeter of a weather or main deck for the protection of persons or objects on deck.

Verb: to fortify or protect with a bulwark; secure by or as if by a fortification

Noun: the slaughter of a great number of people as in battle; butchery; massacre.

Noun: Archaic. Dead bodies, as of those in slain in battle.

Noun: a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc.

Noun: a union into one body or mass; fusion

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But the ____ is already collaborating on the legislative effort.

Noun: a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people

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The summer ____ drove us to the country and shore.

Noun: the Exodus, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses.

Noun: (initial capital letter) the second book in the Bible, containing an account of the Exodus. Abbreviation: Ex.

Adj: hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible

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There has always been a ____ offense against other races of the world.

Noun: a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire

Noun: a sacrifice completely consumed by fire; burnt offering

Noun: (usually initial capital letter) the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews i Nazi concentration camps during World War 2

Noun: Any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life

Adj: intended to entrap or beguile

Adj: stealthily treacherous or deceitful

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An ____ plan.

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An ____ enemy.

Adj: operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect

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____ disease.

Adj: calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful

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____ remarks.

Adj: offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious

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_____ comparisons.

Adj: causing or tending to cause animosity, resentment, or envy

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____ honor.

Adj: Obsolete. envious

Noun: a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion

Noun: a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause

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A _____ to the cause of social justice.

Noun: a person who undergoes severe or constant suffering

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A ____ to severe headaches.

Noun: a person who seeks sympathy or attention by feigning or exaggerating pain, deprivation, etc.

Verb: to make a martyr of, especially by putting to death.

Verb: to torment or torture

Verb: to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo

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To ____ one's right; to ___ one's rank; to ___ honors.

Verb: Law. To relinquish (a known right, interest, etc.) intentionally.

Verb: to put aside for the time; defer; postpone; dispense with

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To ____ formalities.

Verb: to put aside or dismiss from consideration or discussion

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_____ my attempts to explain.