English 1 Week 3 & 4 Vocab Cards

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antithesis

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the direct opposite

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arcane

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known or knowable only to a few people

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ardor

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an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling, extreme vigor or energy

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ascertain

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to find out or learn with certainty

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assimilation

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to take into the mind and thoroughly understand, to absorb into the cultural tradition of a population or group

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audacious

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intrepidly daring, recklessly bold

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augment

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to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more

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aversion

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a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it, a settled dislike

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bemuse

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to make confused, to occupy the attention of

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beseech

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to beg for urgently or anxiously, to request earnestly.