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9th Grade
01/19/2010

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Animosity
Definition
(n) strong dislike
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Apathy
Definition
(n) a lack of feeling, emotion
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Apprehensive
Definition
(adj) fearful or anxious, especially about the future
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Commend
Definition
(v) to praise, an express approval
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Compatible
Definition
(adj) able to get along or work well together
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Condolence
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(n) an expression of sympathy
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Consecrate
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(v) to make sacred, hallow
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Decrepit
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(adj) old and feeble; worn-out
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Deride
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(v) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt
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Ingenuous
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(adj) innocent, simple
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Multifarious
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(adj) having great variety
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Obsolete
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(adj) out of date, no longer in use
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Omnivorous
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(adj) eating every kind of food
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Parsimonious
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(adj) Stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
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Quandary
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(n) a state of perplexity or doubt
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Recalcitrant
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(adj) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
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Reprisal
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(n) an injury done in return for injury
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Revel
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(v) to take great pleasure in; (n) a wild celebration
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Stultify
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(v) to make ineffective or useless
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Suave
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(adj) smoothly agreeable or polite
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