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Vocabulary Unit 9

Vocabulary Unit 9. Belligerent to Wax. Belligerent -- adj. Hostile or aggressive, given to fight When Mom found out about my grades she was practically belligerent . contrite. Feeling regret for some wrongdoing; apologetic

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Vocabulary Unit 9

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 9 Belligerent to Wax

  2. Belligerent--adj Hostile or aggressive, given to fight When Mom found out about my grades she was practically belligerent .

  3. contrite • Feeling regret for some wrongdoing; apologetic • The convict was contrite at his parole hearing, feeling terrible for what he had done.

  4. crestfallen • Discouraged; dejected; downcast

  5. emulate • Strive to equal or match; especially by imitating

  6. enhance • To increase the value or importance of something

  7. evoke • To summon forth or bring to mind (as in evoking a feeling)

  8. recluse • A person who is a loner; a hermit

  9. unprecedented • For the first time; extraordinary; unparalleled

  10. Wax (verb) • To expand or increase in size or quantity

  11. heinous • Hatefully or shockingly evil

  12. replete • Having a large supply or quantity; abundant

  13. truncate • To cut short; to abbreviate

  14. extricate • To free or disentangle from trouble; to get out

  15. impeccable • Flawless; without sin or blemish

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