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9th Grade
04/22/2013

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Alacrity
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(noun)Willingness
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Chagrin
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(noun)Embarresment
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Divulge
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(verb) to make know, to proclaim publiclly
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Doleful
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(Adjective) Filled with or expressing grief' mournful
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Eloquent
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(Adjective) persuasive,powerful,moving expensive
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Frugal
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(Adjective) Avoiding economical waste
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Gaunt
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Thin and Bony;bleak and desolate;barren
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Harras
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(verb) to irrate or annoy
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Infallible
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(Adjective) incapible of error
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Lucid
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(Adjective)Easily understood; intellegent
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Misnomer
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An error in noming a person of place
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Novice
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(Noun)Beginer, a person new to start a field or activity
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Perilous
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(Adjective) Full of or involved in peril; dangerous
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Respite
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(Noun)A short interval of rest, or relief;a repreive
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Renounce
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(verb) to give up, especially by formal announcement
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Superfluous
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(adj) being beyond what is required or sufficent
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Turbulet
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(adj)Violently adjitated or distured
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Usurp
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(verb)To seiz and hold by force
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Virulent
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(Adj) extermelyinfectious,malignantm or poisonous used of diesase or toxin
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Whet
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To sharpen a knife; to make more keen, stimulate
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Amicable
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Characterized by showing goodwill
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Chivalrous
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Having the qualities of calve, courtesy and loyalty
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Duress
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compulsion by thread or force
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Elude
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to avoid by speed, cleverness or trickery
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Furtive
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sneaky or secretive
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Infer
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to derive by reasoning
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Integrity
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adherence to moral and ethical principles
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Lure
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anything that attracts
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Notorious
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Publicly or generally known
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ominous
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portending evil or harm; fore boding
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reoek
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to drive or force back
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Synopsis
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a brief or condensed statement giving a general idea
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Subside
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To be quiet, less active;sink
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turmoil
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a state of great commotion
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Unscrupulous
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not conscientious
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vivacious
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not conscientious
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vivacious
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Lively
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Vie
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to strive in competition or rivalry
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Zenith
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the highest point
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