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Mr. Shear's Vocabulary-Fall 2015
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| CAU | TO BURN |
| CAUTERIZE | TO SEAR OR BURN TO STOP BLEEDING |
| CAUSTIC | CORROSIVE OR SARCASTIC |
| HOLOCAUST | TOTAL DESTRUCTION BY FIRE |
| GREG | GROUP OR HERD |
| GREGARIOUS | SOCIABLE |
| CONGREGATE | TO ASSEMBLE |
| AGGREGATE | TOTAL |
| SEGREGATE | TO SEPARATE OR ISOLATE |
| SCEN | TO CLIMB OR LEAP |
| ASCEND | TO GO UPWARDS |
| DESCEND | TO GO DOWNWARDS |
| CONDESCEND | TO TALK DOWN TO |
| TRANSCEND | TO SURPASS OR GO BEYOND |
| PORCINE | PIG-LIKE |
| FORC/FORT | STRONG |
| FORTRESS | A PLACE BUILT FOR DEFENSE |
| FORTIFY | TO STRENGTHEN |
| FORTE | AN AREA OF EXCELLENCE |
| DICE/DICT | TO SAY OR TELL |
| MALEDICTION | A CURSE/NEGATIVE SPEECH |
| BENEDICTON | A BLESSING/POSITIVE SPEECH |
| EDICT | AN AUTHORITATIVE ORDER |
| CONTRADICT | TO ASSERT THE OPPOSITE, TO OPPOSE |
| FAC | FACE |
| FACADE | A DECEPTIVE APPEARANCE |
| FACSIMILE | AN EXACT COPY |
| DEFACE | TO MAR OR SPOIL APPEARANCE |
| FACILE | EASY, SIMPLE |
| HERCULEAN | VERY STRONG |
| ERR | TO WANDER |
| ERRONEOUS | INCORRECT, MISTAKEN |
| ERRATIC | INCONSISTENT |
| ABERRATION | A DEFECT OR DEVIATION |
| DOMIN | MASTER/RULER |
| DOMINATE | TO CONTROL OR RULE |
| INDOMITABLE | UNCONQUERABLE |
| DOMINION | AN AREA OF CONTROL |
| SCRI | TO WRITE |
| INSCRIBE | TO CARVE WORDS INTO |
| PROSCRIBE | TO OUTLAW OR DENOUNCE |
| SCRIBE | A WRITER |
| LACONIC | USING FEW WORDS |
| SOL | ALONE |
| DESOLATE | DESERTED, DREARY |
| SOLILOQUY | A SPEECH BY A LONE ACTOR |
| NOC/NOX | TO HARM |
| INNOCUOUS | HARMLESS |
| OBNOXIOUS | RUDE |
| CHRON | TIME |
| ANACHRONISM | SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE IN TIME |
| CHRONOLOGY | AN ARRANGEMENT BY DATE |
| SYNCHRONIZE | TO HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME |
| DECIMATE | TO DESTROY MOST OF |
| EV | AGE |
| LONGEVITY | A LONG LIFE |
| MEDIEVAL | BELONGING TO THE MIDDLE AGES |
| PRIMEVAL | ORIGINAL, OF THE 1ST AGE |
| MAGNUS | LARGE |
| MAGNUM OPUS | A MASTERPIECE |
| MAGNATE | AN INFLUENTIAL PERSON |
| MAGNITUDE | GREATNESS IN SIZE |
| MAGNANIMOUS | GENEROUS OR NOBLE |
| DOL | TO FEEL PAIN OR SUFFER |
| CONDOLE | TO EXPRESS SYMPATHY |
| DOLOROUS | SORROWFUL |
| QUINTESSENTIAL | THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING |
| DUR | HARD |
| OBDURATE | STUBBORN |
| FER | TO BEAR OR CARRY |
| PROLIFERATE | TO MULTIPLY RAPIDLY |
| VOCIFERATE | TO CRY OUT LOUDLY |
| STRU/STRUCT | TO BUILD |
| INDESTRUCTIBLE | UNABLE TO BE DESTROYED |
| CONSTRUE | TO INTERPRET OR TRANSLATE |
| OBSTRUCT | TO BLOCK |
| IMBUE | TO PERMEATE OR TO STAIN |
| GRAD/GRESS | TO GO OR TO WALK |
| EGRESS | TO EXIT |
| REGRESS | TO GO BACKWARDS |
| COG | TO KNOW |
| PRECOGNITION | KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE |
| INCOGNITO | WITH ONE'S IDENTITY DISGUISED |
| FORM/FORMA | SHAPE |
| DEFORMED | DISFIGURED |
| FORMULAIC | FOLLOWING A PATTERN |
| ABYSMAL | VERY BAD |
| GRAT/GRAC | DEAR, PLEASING, BELOVED |
| GRATUITY | A TIP |
| INGRATITUDE | UNGRATEFULLNESS |
| LAB | TO WORK |
| LABORIOUS | REQUIRING HARD WORK |
| JUV | YOUNG |
| REJUVENATE | TO MAKE YOUNG AGAIN |
| JUVENILE | IMMATURE |
| ALTRUISM | SELFLESSNESS |
| GEN | RACE, KIND, BEGIN |
| REGENERATE | TO RECONSTRUCT |
| FID | TO TRUST |
| INFIDEL | A TRAITOR |
| VAC | EMPTY |
| VACUOUS | STUPID, INANE |
| VACANCY | AN EMPTY SLOT OR SPACE |
| EVACUATE | TO REMOVE THE CONTENTS OF |
| JOIN/JUNCT | TO JOIN |
| JUNCTURE | A PLACE WHERE THINGS MEET |
| GRAV/GREV | HEAVY, SERIOUS |
| AGGRAVATE | TO MAKE WORSE, TO PROVOKE |
| INEXORABLE | INEVITABLE, UNAVOIDABLE |
| HORR | TO BRISTLE OR TO DREAD |
| ABHOR | TO DETEST |
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Glenelg High School |
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