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courage jtr vw2
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10th Grade
02/16/2011
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ambition
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desire for work or activity
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differentiate
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to change, alter
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ideals
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a standard or perfection or excellence
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integrity
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noun honesty
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speculate
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verb meditate
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abstinence
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noun self-denial, forbearance
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devoid
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adj not possessing, untouched by
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didactic
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adj instructive
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disillusion
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verb to free from or deprive of illusion, disappoint
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mandatory
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adj compulsory, law
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morbid
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adj pertainint o diseased parts, grisly
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nostalgia
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noun yearning
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ambulatory
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adj moving about from place to place
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diatribe
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noun a bitter criticism
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diffident
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adj distructful
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futile
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adj useless, not successful
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melancholy
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noun depression
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munificent
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adj extremely liberal in giving
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scoffed
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verb mock,jeer
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trajectory
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noun curve discribed by a projectilein its flight
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