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12th Grade
01/10/2011
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 TRIVIAL

Definition

insignificant, unimportant
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19. SOLEMN

Definition

serious and sober
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 18. RESILIENT
Definition

 able to recover promptly
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17. PRECARIOUS

Definition

 dangerously unstable or insecure
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 16. OMINOUS
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 menacing; threatening
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 15. NOTORIOUS
Definition

known widely and unfavorably; famous for something bad
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14. MEDIOCRE

Definition
 ordinary; so-so
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13. JADED

Definition

 weary, worn out
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12. INUNDATE

Definition

 to overwhelm with, to

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11. IMPECCABLE

 Definition

perfect
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10. HOMOGENEOUS

Definition

all of the same or similar kind
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9.    FRENETIC

Definition

 wildly excited; frenzied; frantic
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8.    ESTRANGE

Definition

 to cause to become unfriendly or hostile
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7.    EPHEMERAL

 Definition

 lasting for a brief time
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6.    DOGGED

Definition

stubbornly persevering
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5.    CLANDESTINE

Definition

 kept or done in secret
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4.    CAJOLE

Definition

 to persuade by flattery
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3.    BELITTLE

Definition

 to speak of in an insulting way
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2.    AVARICE

Definition

 greed
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ABSTINENCE
Definition
 deliberate self-restraint
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