Grades 9-10 (WVI 4)
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befall to happen to.
caricature a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance.
conflagration a large, damaging fire.
debase to reduce in value, quality, esteem, or character.
dispensary a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out.
elixir a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water used as a vehicle for medicines.
ethereal highly refined; unworldly.
grandiloquence speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered.
momentous very important.
odium hatred, strong dislike, or repugnance.
plethora an amount that is more than enough; overabundance.
pollinate to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized.
scandalous causing, or likely to cause, a scandal; shocking; disgraceful.
unfeigned not pretended or false; genuine; sincere.
wheedle to try to persuade or influence by coaxing or flattery; cajole.