Vocabulary Workshop Unit 4 Words - Period 6
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
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to reduce to nothing
to make ineffective or inoperative
to declare legally invalid or void - annul
- indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures
- blasé
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to support, give a boost to
a long pillow or cushion
a supporting post - bolster
- to feel or express regret or disapproval
- deplore
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of little importance, not worthy of serious attention
not meant seriously - frivolous
- a person or thing of no importance
- nonentity
- to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind
- obsess
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elaborately decorated
showily splendid - ornate
- to remove, drive out of a position or place
- oust
- to read thoroughly and carefully
- peruse
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full of tiny holes
able to be penetrated by air or water - porous
- a high point of land extending into water
- promontory
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lying face down
inclined, likely - prone
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a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt
a feeling of faintness or nausea - qualm
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a person or thing turned to for help or advice
the act of seeking help or protection - recourse
- a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed
- residue
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showing concern or care
fearful or anxious about someone or something - solicitous
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serious and dignified
quiet or subdued in character or conduct - staid
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to support, nourish, keep up
to suffer, undergo
to bear up under, withstand
to affirm the validity of - sustain
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to bring together for service or battle
to gather or summon
to amount to, comprise, include
a list of men for military service
a gathering, accumulation - muster