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english test 1
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10th Grade
03/08/2009

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prodigiousuLIYR
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big, colossal, immnse, vast
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noxious
Definition
hurmful or injurious to health or well-being
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reprehensible
Definition
desierving or reproof, rebuke, or censure
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adulation
Definition
excessive flattery, admiration
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reciprocity
Definition
mutual exchange, action
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assuage
Definition
to make milder or less severe
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acrimonious
Definition
bitter in nature, speech, behavior etc.
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aperture
Definition
an opening, as a hoe, site etc.
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atrocity
Definition
an apalling act, thing, or circumcumstance
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charlatan
Definition
a person who pretends to more knowledge than he/she possesses
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imperturaable
Definition
incapable of being upset or agitated
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vociferous
Definition
crying out noisily
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tenacious
Definition
holding fast
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declivity
Definition
a downward slope
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circuitous
Definition
going around
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affinity
Definition
liking or inciination for something
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ambiguous
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having more than one meaning
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clandestine
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executed by security
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provocation
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something that incites
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volition
Definition
free will
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baneful
Definition
destructive, pernicious
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capacious
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capable of holding much
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fastidious
Definition
excessively particular, critical or demanding
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antipathy
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a natural, basic, or habitual repungance
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impetuous
Definition
acting without thinking
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expeditious
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characterized by promptness
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indolent
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having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion
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tepid
Definition
moderately warm; ack of force or enthusiasm
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vituperative
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characterized by verbal abuse
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laud
Definition
to praise/ a song or hymn of love
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disconsolate
Definition
w.o consolation or solace, hopelessly unhappy; depressed
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prevaricate
Definition
to stretch the truth; decieve
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insipid
Definition
w.o distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities
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undaunted
Definition
not forced to abandon purpose or effort
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gregarious
Definition
fond of the company of others
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copious
Definition
large in quantity or number
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extraneous
Definition
introduced or coming from w.o; not belonging or proper to a thing; uneeded, irrevelant, accidental
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indigenous
Definition
originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country
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invective
Definition
verbal abuse
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austerity
Definition
severity of manner, life, etc.; severity, coldness
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