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Unit 3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
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| actuate | To motivate, put into action. |
| captivate | To charm, entrance, enthrall. |
| dregs | Sediment, muck residue, remains, what is left behind. |
| forsake | To abandon, desert, renounce, give up. |
| illuminate | 1) To light, to brighten, to decorate with light or color. |
| incite | To provoke, compel, activate, goad, cause, spur. |
| lurk | To lie in wait, sneak, prowl, slink, skulk, move about furtively or while trying not to be observed. |
| martyr (noun) | A person willing to suffer or die for a cause, a person killed for his or her beliefs. |
| mire (noun) | 1) a swamp, marsh, bog, mud, gunk. 2). 2) A difficult situation or condition. |
| rabid (adj) | 1) Infected by a fatal disease called rabies that is transmitted by the bite of infected animals and affects the central nervous system. |
| rabid (adj) | 2) Raging, frenzied, fanatical or crazed; enthusiastic, ardent, or zealous. |
| renovate | To repair, mend, improve, fix up, make over, refurbish |
| respendent | Dazzling, stunning, glorious, brilliant, or splendid in appearance. |
| scoff | To mock, ridicule, scorn, deride, and laugh at. |
| seclusion | Isolation, solitude, withdrawal from (social contact); hermitage. |
| skulk | To lie in hiding; to sneak, creep, lurk; to move about secretly as if one has a bad conscience, guilt, or cowardice. |
| solace | A comfort in sorrow, distress, disappointment, or tedium; consolation. |
| vacillation | An indecision, uncertainty, act of swaying from side to side, wavering, and oscillation. |
| welter | Confusion, turmoil, turbulence, tempests. |
| Martyr (verb) | to make a martyr of, to inflict pain, to torment. |
| mire ( verb) | 1) To sink into a mire; to entrap, entangle, hinder |
| Renovation | the act or result of repairing or refurbishing something. |
| Seclude | to place apart, isolate, or dissociate. |
| Vacillate | To waver, move to and fro, sway |
| Actuation | A prompt or motivation. |
| Captivating | entrancing, charming, enthralling |
| Forsaken | To have been abandoned or renounced. |
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