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abhorrent

in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable
abhor

utterly detest; loathe; hate
admonish

reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault; caution
admonition

gentle warning; friendly reproof
ambrosial

extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia; heavenly
confine

shut up; imprision; keep in narrow, cramped quarters
confinement

imprisonment
decade

period of ten years
detonate

explode with suddenness and violence; cause to explode
detonation

explosion
ephemeral

lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short-lived; translent
gullible

easily deceived or cheated; credulous
gull

deceive; cheat
haggle

dispute or argue over a price in a petty way; bargin; wrangle
immerse
- plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck
- engross; absorb
immersion

state of being deeply engrossed; absorption
insomnia

inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness
insomniac

person suffering from insomnia
lapse
- slip; error; accidenal mistake; trivial fault
- interval
lapse

cease being in foce; become invalid
probe

critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation
prober

investigator
render

hand down officially; deliver; give
rendering

presentation; interpretation
repast

food for one occasion of eating; meal
replenish

bring back to condition of being full; refill
score

group or set of twenty; twenty
snub

act or instance of snubbing; rebuff; slight; insult
snub

treat with disdain or contempt; slight
suture

strand or fier used to sew part os the living boyd; also, stitch made with such material
unwittingly

unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently; unknowingly
unwittingly(ant.)

intentionally
abhorrent(ant.)

admirable
admonish(ant.)

commend
confine(ant.)

free
ephemeral(ant.)

permanent; perpetual
gullible(ant.)

astute

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Vocabulary 9/13

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9/13/2011, 11:36:40 PM

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