Reading Honors Scott Vocab

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divulge

to tell; to reveal (as a secret}

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abet

to assist or encourage; especially in wrongdoing

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dogmatic

arrogant and stubborn about one’s beliefs

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insipid

lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating

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extraneous

not essential; not constituting a vital part

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coerce

to force by using pressure, intimidation, or threats

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jaundiced

prejudiced; hostile

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meticulous

extremely, sometimes excessively, careful about small details; precise

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temerity

recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger

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gregarious

sociable; fond of the company of others

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heresy

the crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine

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docile

easy to teach or manage, obedient

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libation

a drink, especially an alcoholic one

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anathema

a hated, repellant person or thing

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banter

teasing; playful conversation

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castigate

to criticize or punish severely

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gauche

lacking social graces; tactless

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ignominy

public shame, disgrace, or dishonor

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motley

made up of dissimilar parts; being of many colors

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emaciated

extremely thin; wasted away

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avarice

greed; desire for wealth

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furtive

stealthy; secretive

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bacchanalian

wild and drunken

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extradite

to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority

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copious

numerous; large in quantity

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irascible

easily angered

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mercenary

a professional soldier hired by a foreign army

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bastion

a strong defense or fort (or something likened to it)

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jettison

to cast overboard; to discard

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ostracize

to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent

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mal

bad or evil

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bene

good

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dict

to speak

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vol

to wish

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fact

making, doing; factor means one who does

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36

anthro

man

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ology

study of

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theo

god or religion

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oid

having the shape of

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morph

shape

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a

not

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cracy

government by

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aud

hear

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herb

grass, weed

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cis, cide

cut or kill

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vis, vid

see

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ible, able

able

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in

into

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