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Language - English
9th Grade
05/31/2009
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voracious
 Definition
desiring or consuming great quantities
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Indiscriminate
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choosing at random
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eminent
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of high reputation
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steeped
 Definition
soaked, drenched, saturated
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replete
 Definition
completely filled with or supplied with
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abound
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to exist in great numbers
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technology
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branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science
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prognosticate
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to predict or fortell a future avent
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automaton
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a robot or a mechanical person
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matron
 Definition
an older married woman
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laconic
 Definition
expressing much in few words
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throng
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crowd
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intrepid
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brave
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accost
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to approch and speek to
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reticent
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silent
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furtive
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secret, stealthy
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felon
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a person guilty of a crime
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plethora
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axcess
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hapless
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unfortunate
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irate
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angry incensed
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pretext
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an excuse
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fabricate
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to construct or to lie
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adroit
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an excuse
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gesticulate
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move the arms energetically
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vigilant
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watchfull
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avid
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eger
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cajole
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coax
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rudimentary
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elementary
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enhance
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intensify, heighten
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nuance
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slight variaton in meaning or deffonition
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loathe
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to hate
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repremand
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to show sharp disapproval
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lackluster
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dull
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caustic
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sarcastic, giting
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wrest
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take by force
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infamous
 Definition
having a bad reputation
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jostle
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to shove hard
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dupe
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a person easo;u trocled
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incipient
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just begining to exist
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inadvertent
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heedless, not attentive
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ominous
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threatening
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tremulous
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quivering
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repudiate
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to reject, or decline
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cessation
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a stopping
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bristle
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stiffen with fear or anger
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euphemism
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a less offensive term
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mundane
 Definition
worldly, ordinary, dull
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incongruous
 Definition
inappropriate, something that doesn't fit well
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condolence
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pity
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stipulate
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specify
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alacrity
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briskness, lively action
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belligerent
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warlike
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intimidate
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contempt
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feint
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a false attack
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pugnacious
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quarrelsome
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promulgate
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to make known offically
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brash
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impudent
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scoff
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ti sneer at
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belittle
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to make seem less important
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tangible
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having actual form
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laceration
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jaged wound
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castugate
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to correct by punishing
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sordid
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dirty, base
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octogenarian
 Definition
person in his or her eighties
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destain
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contempt
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solace
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easing of grief
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aspirant
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candidate for high position
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dregs
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most worthless part
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frenzy
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wild fit
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scurrilous
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coarse
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