English - 11th grade - Vocab #5

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curtail

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To reduce in extent or quantity; to impose a restriction on.

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inundate

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To overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with; to flood.

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impede

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To delay or prevent someone or something by obstructing them; hinder.

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onerous

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Involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty; burdensome.

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enmity

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The state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

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punctuation

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The marks used in writing that help clarify meaning, such as periods, commas, and quotation marks.

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title capitalization

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The practice of capitalizing the principal words in a title, excluding short prepositions and conjunctions.

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abhor

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To regard with disgust and hatred; to detest.

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plight

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A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.

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synonym

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A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.