Calabrese Vocab 7 Review

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not quite right

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amiss

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Use or take advantage of an opportunity or resource.

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Avail

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rebuke or reprimand severely

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chastise

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(of an emotion or disease) likely to spread to others by contact

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contagious

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Utterly absurd or ridiculous; contrary to reason or common sense.

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preposterous

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Performed as a result of a sudden impulse without premeditation.

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spontaneous

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Reach a climax or highest development

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culminate

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Feel or express strong disapproval of something.

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Deplore

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Form of language specific to a region or group

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dialect

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sit, lie, or stand lazily

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loll