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English I Honors Vocabulary Lesson 10 Ms. Barletta. November 17, 2009. Vocabulary Lesson 10. 1. fallible (adj.): capable of error HINT: Fail 2. blatant (adj.): obvious 3. dawdle (v.): to waste time 4. affiliate (n.): an associate, partner 5. fawn (v.): to act slavishly submissive.
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English I HonorsVocabulary Lesson 10Ms. Barletta November 17, 2009
Vocabulary Lesson 10 • 1. fallible (adj.): capable of error HINT: Fail • 2. blatant (adj.): obvious • 3. dawdle (v.): to waste time • 4. affiliate (n.): an associate, partner • 5. fawn (v.): to act slavishly submissive
Vocabulary Lesson 10 • 6. calumny (n.): a false and malicious accusation HINT: Claim • 7. berate (v.): to scold or rebuke severely and at length HINT: Do not be late! • 8. minion (n.): a fawning, servile follower • 9. desolate (adj.): lonely; forlorn; uninhabited; barren • 10. bane (n.): the cause of ruin, harm, distress, or death
Vocabulary Lesson 10 • 11. pacify (v.): to calm down HINT: Pacifier • 12. garble (v.): to mix up or distort HINT: Marbles • 13. prevaricate (v.): to lie • 14. filch (v.): to steal • 15. neophyte (n.): a beginner HINT: New
Vocabulary Lesson 10 Extra Words • 16. tawdry (adj.): gaudy and cheap in appearance • 17. cursory (adj.): rapid and superficial • 18. skullduggery (n.): trickery; underhandedness • 19. logistics (n.): the management if the details of an operation • 20. emphatic (adj.): forcibly expressive