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ALLEGE to assert without proof or confirmation (v.)

ALLEGE to assert without proof or confirmation (v.). VOCABULARY. Unit One Packet due Friday, 9/12 TEST – Thursday, 9/18. ALTRUISTIC unselfish; concerned with the welfare of others (adj.). ASTUTE shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom ( adj ).

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ALLEGE to assert without proof or confirmation (v.)

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  1. ALLEGEto assert without proof or confirmation (v.)

  2. VOCABULARY • Unit One • Packet due Friday, 9/12 • TEST – Thursday, 9/18

  3. ALTRUISTICunselfish; concerned with the welfare of others (adj.)

  4. ASTUTEshrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom (adj)

  5. BEDLAMa state or a scene of uproar and confusion (n.)

  6. COMMODIOUSroomy, spacious (adj.)

  7. CONDONEto pardon or overlook (v.)

  8. DERELICTsomething or someone that is abandoned or neglected (n.)left abandoned; neglectful of duty (adj.)

  9. DISPERSEto scatter; to spread far and wide (v.)

  10. ENDEMICnative or confined to a particular region or people (adj.)characteristic or prevalent in a field (adj.)

  11. EXPEDITEto make easy; to cause to progress faster (v.)

  12. GRANDIOSEgrand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous grandeur; ridiculously exaggerated (adj.)

  13. INCORRIGIBLEnot able to be corrected; beyond control

  14. INCREDULOUSdisbelieving; skeptical (adj.)

  15. INTIMATIONa hint; an indirect suggestion (n.)

  16. LACONICconcise; using few words (adj.)

  17. LUCRATIVEbringing in money; profitable (adj.)

  18. MISANTHROPEa person who hates or despises people (n.)

  19. NOSTALGIAa longing for something past; homesickness (adj.)

  20. PALTRYtrifling, insignificant;mean, despicableinferior, trashy (adj.)

  21. PROLIFERATEto reproduce, increase or rapidly spread (v.)

  22. PUNCTILIOUSvery careful and exact, attentive to the finer points of etiquette or propriety (adj)

  23. SATIATEto satisfy completely (v.)full, satisfied (adj.)

  24. SEVERto separate, divide into parts (v.)

  25. TALISMANan object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers; an amulet (n.)

  26. VANGUARDthe foremost part of an army; leading position in any field (n.)

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