9th grade vocab unit 9 and 10
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- flair
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noun
a natural quality
To go to F.I.T. you need a flair for clothes designing. - inscribe
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verb
to write or engrave
My basketball trophey has my name inscribed on it. - cubicle
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noun
a small room or compartment
If you are noisy in resource Ms. Wells makes us go into a cubicle. - aspire
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verb
to have ambitious hopes or plans
I aspire to pass Biology. - drudgery
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noun
work that is hard and tiresome
Studying for Biology is drudgery to me. - bleak
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adj.
bare, dreary, dismal
Before I remodeled my room it was bleak, there wasn't anything in it. - chide
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verb
to blame;scold
When my mother finds out that I was with John she chided me. - despicable
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adj.
worthy of scorn
Mr. Morgano believes that John is a despicable person. - impair
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verb
to make imperfect, damage, harm
When people drink too much beer it impairs their liver. - rugged
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adj.
rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong
The Marlboro man is rugged. - escalate
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verb
to elevate
When Mom and I talk about John it excaletes to screaming. - slipshod
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adj.
untidy in driss, personal habits
My 7 year old brother has a slipshod appearance. - auxiliary
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adj.
giving assistance or support
The auxiliary police were at the mall.
The auxiliary police are like the Keystone Cops.