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Nerdinary
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Language - English
8th Grade
06/07/2012

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ostracize
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to exclude from society; to banish
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Bilk
Definition
to defraud or cheat
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secretor
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one who's bodily fluids contain ABO antigens
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snarky
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rude, short, brief, and impolite
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Tempestuous
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causing an uproar, tempest=storm
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Obambulate
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to wander about
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Dynamo
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energetic, hardworking person
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Affront
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to insult to the face
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Quean
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an overly forward, impudent woman
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Autopoiesis
Definition
self-creation
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castigate
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to punish severely
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megalomania
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a delusion marked by a feeling of wealth, power, talent, etc.
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Phantasmagorical
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something that is dreamlike
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Juxtoposition
Definition
relative closeness of two things
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Prowess
Definition
Exceptional ability, skill, or strength
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Nimbly
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Quickly and lightly in movement or action
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camaraderie
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good fellowship
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stolid
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unemotional not stirred easily
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exsanguination
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to drain of blood
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luthiers
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a maker of stringed instuments
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Duende
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the ability to attract others through personal magnetism and charm
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Aversion
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A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance
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Acetone
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a colorless volatile water soluble, flammable liquid.
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Bodatious
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remarkable, outstanding
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genesis
Definition
the origin
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Supercilious
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proud and contemptous
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depricating
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to disapprove
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defecating
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to void bowels of feces
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy especially in an exaggerated manner
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Vouchsafed
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to grant or give by power
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hinder
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to cause delay
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impede
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to retard in movement
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ennui
Definition
extreme boredom
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malarkey
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nonsense
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euphonious
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pleasing to the ear
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quanday
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perplexity at what to do in a hard situation
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sinister
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evil, wicked
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jaundice
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pathol, yellow, discoloration of the skin, eyes, etc.
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hankering
Definition
longing, craving
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travesty
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a literary of artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grosteque imitation of its model
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obscene
Definition
disgusting to the senses
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deposition
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to remove from an office or position
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resilience
Definition
the power of springing back
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transcontinental
Definition
supernatural, beyond the natural
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insensate
Definition
laking human feeling and sensitivity
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ort
Definition
a scrap of food or leftover from a meal
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haberdashery
Definition
store where male clothing is sold
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trajectory
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the curved path of a projectile
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espionage
Definition
the practice of spying
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reduplication
Definition
the act of doubling or copying
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cajoling
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to persuade someone to do something by sustained by coaxing and flattery
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odiferous
Definition
smelly
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assauge
Definition
to make milder or less severe
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taut
Definition
tightly drawn, tight
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lambaste
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to beat severly, to berate harshly
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insensate
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not endowed with sensation, inanimate; without feeling
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miscreant
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a person without moral scruples
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presupposition
Definition
a thing tactly assured beforehand at the beginning of a line of argument of course of action
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ballyhoo
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a noise showy presentation to promote
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juju
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something thought to possess magical powers,a talisman
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presumptuous
Definition
overstepping one's boundaries due to entitlement
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enable
Definition
to allow or make easy
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chemosynthesis
Definition
biological conversion of one or more carbon molecule into organic matter
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foraminifera
Definition
the most common marine sea plankton species
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convivial
Definition
friendly, lively, energetic; associated with sharing good times with company
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apathetic
Definition
showing little emotion or concern
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