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9th Grade
08/23/2016

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allevitate

 

SYNONYM: LESSEN 

Definition

to make more bearable; to ease the pain

 

 

 

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analogous 

 

 SYNONYM: AKIN 

Definition
Similar or parallel in certain ways
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Dismantle 

 

 

Definition
to take apart; disassemble; to strip of furnishing or equipment
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Distraught 

 

SYNONYM:anxious, frantic  

Definition
Extremly troubled or agitatedd; worried
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dormant
Definition
a sleep-like condition during which life processes slow down
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malm
Definition
to disable; to cripple
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meticulous 

 

SYNONYM: exact, fastidious 

 

 

Definition
Extremely or excessively careful about details.
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murky



Definition
not clear; foggy, hazy; dark or gloomy
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narcissim
Definition
excessive admiration of ones self; self love
Term

Squabble

 

SYNONYM: quarrel, bicker 

Definition
to enage in minor quarrel; to argue noisly over a small matter
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Animosity  

 

SYNONYM: ill, will

Definition
hatred or hostility that is shown open
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anonymity

 

 

Definition
the condition of being anonymous
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bibliophile
Definition
one who loves books
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Ebb

 

SYNONYM: recede 

Definition
to flow or fall, as the tide does
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effervescent 

 

 

SYNONYM:vivacious 

Definition
high-spritied; lively
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elusive
Definition
tending to avoid; hard to capture
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nemesis

 

SYNONYM: rival 

Definition
anyone or anything which seems to b the cause of someones downfall or defeat
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nepotism
Definition
favoritism shown in high places to relatives or close friends
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nonchalant 

 

SYNONYM: blase

Definition
ecarefree and causually unconcencered or seeming so
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solicitude
Definition
the state of showing care or concern
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