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Eglish FInal Exam
english final vocab
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English
9th Grade
05/27/2006

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Abound
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v 1.be present in great quntities;be plentiful
2.be filled;teem
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bonanza
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n. source of great and sudden wealth;place of great abundance;gold mine
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cloying
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adj. disgusting or distasteful b/c of excess; too sweet; too sentimental
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congest
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v. fill to excess; overcrowd
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copious
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adj. plentiful;abundant;ample
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glut
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n. excessive quantity;oversupply;plethora;surfeit
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inordinate
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adj. beyond reasonable limits;immoderate;excessive
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redundant
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adj. using more words than necessary; wordy; verbose
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replete
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adj. well-filled; abundantly stocked; full
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satiate
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v. satisfy to excess; weary or disgust with too much;sate; gorge
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cloy
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v. weary by too much of something pleasant; disgust
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congested
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adj. filled too full; overcrowded
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congestion
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n. overcrowding
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copiously
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adv. abundantly; plentiful
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glutton
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n. person who overeats;voravious eater
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inordinately
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adv. excessively; immoderately
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redundancy
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n. needless repetition of words; verbosity
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deplete
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v. refill; provide new supply for
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insatiable
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adj. incapable of being satisfied
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apprehend
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v 1. take into custody; arrest; capture
2. grasp the meaning of; perceive
3. anticipate with anxiety or fear; dread
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assume
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v 1.take for granted; suppose to be a fact; postulate; presuppose
2. take upon oneself; undertake
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comprehensive
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adj. taking in a great deal; dealing with all or many; of the relevant details; inclusive; encompassing
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dismantle
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v. take apart; disassemble
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entreprenuer
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n. person who organizes, manages, and takes the risks of a bussiness undertaking
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inalienable
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adj. incapable of being taken away; not transferable
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meticulus
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adj. painstaking; extremely careful about small details; scrupulous; fussy
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revoke
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v. annul by taking back or recalling; cancel; rescind
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supersede
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v. take the place of; replace; force out of use;supplant; succeed
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usurper
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n. one who wrongfully takes or assumes the office, rights or powers of another
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assumption
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n. supposition; something that is taken for granted
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unassuming
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adj. not bold; not arrogant; unpretentious; humble
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comprehend
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v 1. take into the mind; understand
2. take in; include;comprise
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enterprise
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v 1. initiative; ambition
2. risky undertaking; business venture
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alienate
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v. make unfriendly; disunite;estrange
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meticulously
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adv. very careful; painstakingly;scrupulously
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irrevocable
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adj. impossible to undo; unalterable
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usurp
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v. seize and hold without right;commander; arrogate
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convalescence
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n. gradual recovery of strength and health after an illness; period of recuperation
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elucidate
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v. throw light upon; explain;make clear; clarify
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innovative
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adj. tending to introduce new methods or ideas; original; creative; inventive
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interminable
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adj. having or seeming to have no end or limit;ceaseless;continual;perpetual
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intrepid
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adj. brave; not afraid;fearless; bold; dautless
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novelty
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n 1.something new or unusual; innovation
2. newness
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terminate
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v 1. bring to an end; pur a stop to;end
2. come to an end;close; stop
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translucent
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adj. letting light through, but not able to be seen through clearly
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trepidation
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n. fear; fright;trembling; apprehension
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valid
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adj. having force; well founded;sound;legally binding
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convalesce
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v. gradually recover strength and health after sickness;improve recuperate
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lucid
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adj. clear; easy to understand;intelligible
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innovator
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n. one who introduces something new; inventor; originator
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renovate
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v. make new again; renew; modernize
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intrepidity
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n. bravery; fearlessness;valor
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novel
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adj. new; unusual; strange
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