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Final Exam English Vocab
Flashcards for the 2009 B Channel English Exam
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English
9th Grade
06/14/2009

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scuttle
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verb- to run with quick, hasty steps
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candid
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adjective- frank; outspoken; open and sincere; informal
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sprightly
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adjective- animated, vivacious, or gay; lively
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meander
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verb- to wonder
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nervous
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adjective- highly excitable; unnaturally of acutely uneasy or apprehensive
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repugnant
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adjective- distasteful, objectionable, or offensive
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drudgery
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noun- dull or hard work
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obstreperous
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adjective- resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly
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flippant
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adjective- frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness
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malign
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verb- to speak harmful untruths about
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pugnacious
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adjective- inclined to quarrel or fight
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sparse
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adjective- thinly scattered or distributed
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dwindle
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verb- to become smaller and smaller
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horde
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noun- a large group, mass, or crowd
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apex
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noun- the highest point
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assimilate
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verb- to take in and incorporate as one's own; ABSORB
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bogus
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adjective- not genuine; counterfeit
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rabid
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adjective- irrationally extreme in opinion or practice
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shallow
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adjective- of little depth; superficial
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liability
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noun- money owned; debts
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surly
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adjective- rude or bad-tempered; unfriendly
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advent
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noun- a coming into place, view, or being; arrival
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escalate
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verb- to increase in intensity, magnitude
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incredulous
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adjective- indicating or showing disbelief
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