150 Words Every 9th Grader Should Know How to Spell: List 4

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  1. abbreviate
    shorten
  2. allegiance
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  3. apprehension
    fearful expectation or anticipation
  4. assimilate
    make alike
  5. augment
    enlarge or increase
  6. avid
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  7. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  8. constituent
    one of the individual parts making up a composite entity
  9. disposition
    your usual mood
  10. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  11. famished
    extremely hungry
  12. foreclose
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  13. hoodwink
    conceal one's true motives from
  14. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  15. subsidize
    support, as through grants or other funds
Created on Wed Aug 30 14:47:46 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Aug 30 14:53:08 EDT 2023)

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