Vocabulary for the College Bound Student Chapter 2, Group 3
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Abhorrent
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(followed by to) in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable
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Admonish
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reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault; caution
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Ambrosial
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Extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia (food of the gods); heavenly
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Confine
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shut up; imprison; keep in narrow cramped quarters
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Decade
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a period of 10 years
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Detonate
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explode with suddenness and violence; cause (something) to explode
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Ephemeral
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lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short lived; transient
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Gullible
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easily decided or cheated; credulous
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Gull
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deceive, cheat
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Haggle
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dispute or argue over a price in a pretty way; bargain; wrangle
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Immerse
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Plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck
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Insomnia
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inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness
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Lapse
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slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault
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Probe
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critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation
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Render
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hand down officially; deliver (as a verdict); give
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Repast
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food for one occasion of eating; meal
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Replenish
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bring back to condition of being full; refill
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Score
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group or set of twenty; twenty
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Snub
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act or instance of snubbing (treating with contempt); rebuff; slight; insult
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Suture
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strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made with such material
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Unwittingly
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unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently; unknowingly
