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VOCABULARY!
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Literature
9th Grade
05/16/2010

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aggressive
Definition
disposed to attack; militant; assertive; pushing
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egress
Definition

means of going out; exit

ant: access

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gradation
Definition

1. change by steps or stages

2. act of grading

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grade
Definition
step; stage;degree; rating
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gradient
Definition

1. rate at which a road rises or falls

2. slope; inclination

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gradual
Definition

step by step; proceding by small stages or degrees

ant: abrupt

 

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graduate
Definition
complete all the steps of a course and receive a diploma or degree
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graduated
Definition
arranged in regular steps, stages, or degrees
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progressive
Definition

going forward to something considered better

ant: retrogressive, reactionary

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regressive
Definition
disposed to move backward; retrogressive
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retrograde
Definition

1. going backward

2. becoming worse

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retrogression
Definition

act of going from a btter to worse state; deterioration

ant: progress

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transgress
Definition
step beyond the limits or barriers; go beyond; break a law; violate
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biped
Definition
two- footed animal
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expedite
Definition

1. facilitate

2. accelerate or speed up

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impede
Definition

hinder;obstruct; block

ant: assist; aid

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impediment
Definition

1. hindrance; obstacle

2. defect

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millipede
Definition
wormlike animal with two pairs of legs on each of its segments
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apprehend
Definition
1. seize or take into custody
2. understand
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apprehensive
Definition
1. quick to understand or grasp
2. fearful of what may come; anxious
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pedestrian (n.)
Definition
person travelling on foot
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pedestrian (adj.)
Definition
commonplace; unimaginative; dull
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velocipede
Definition

1. child's tricycle

2. early form of bicycle

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contact
Definition
touching or meeting; association; connection
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comprehensible
Definition
able to be grasped mentally; understandable
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comprehensive
Definition
including("seizing") very much; extensive
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prehensile
Definition
adapted for sezing
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reprehend
Definition
find fault with" literally hold back)rebuke; reprimend; censure
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reprehensible
Definition
deserving of censure; culpable
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tactful
Definition

having or showing tact; diplomatic

ant: tactless

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abject
Definition
sunk or cast down to a low condition; downtroddden; desserving; contempt; wretched
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conjecture
Definition
guess; suppostion; inference
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tangent(adj.)
Definition
touching at only one point
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dejected
Definition
downcast(thrown down); discouraged; depressed
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eject
Definition
throw out; expel; evict
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inject
Definition
force (throw in) introduce
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interject
Definition
throw in between; insert; interpose
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object
Definition
protest (throw against) disapporve
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intact
Definition
untouched or uninjured; kept or left whole
ant: defective
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contiguous
Definition
touching; in physical contact; adjoining
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contingent
Definition
1. dependent on something else
2. accidental
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tactile
Definition
1. pertaining to the sense of touch
2. tangible
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project
Definition
thrust or 'throw foreward' ; plan
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intangible
Definition
1. not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch
2. hard to grasp or define exactly
ant: tangible
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projectile
Definition
body to be shot or otherwise "thrown foreward"
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tangent (n.)
Definition
line or surface meeting a curved line or surface at one point, but not intersecting it
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tangential
Definition
merely touching; slightly connected; digressive
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pedal
Definition
lever activated by the foot
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reject
Definition
discard (throw back)refuse to take
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subject
Definition
force (someone) to undergo something unpleasent or inconveniant; expose; make liable to
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pedestal
Definition
1. support or foot of a column or statue
2. foundation
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