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8th Grade
05/22/2012

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Discomfit (v)
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to embarrass or confuse
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malfeasance (n)
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misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
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modus operandi (n)
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manner of working
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opulent (adj)
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possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent
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ecstasy (n)
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intense joy or delight
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synergy (n)
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the power that results from the combination of two or more forces
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essence (n)
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the most important ingredient; the crucial element
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restive (adj)
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resisting authority; difficult to control; restless; fidgety
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belabor (v)
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do discuss in too much detail; to attack
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feasible (adj)
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capable of being accomplished
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elaborate (v)
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to explain in greater detail
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stanch (v)
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to stop the flow of
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edification (n)
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improvement or enlightenment
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staunch (adj)
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firm and steadfast
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extant (adj)
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still in existance; not destroyed
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magnum opus (n)
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the greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer
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apropos (prep)
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with regard to
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depose (v)
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to remove from office or poer
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static (adj)
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having no motion or change
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surfeit (n)
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condition of being too full; overabundance
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stasis (n)
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condition in which there is no change
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entity (n)
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a being
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quintessential
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the most typical,ideal, or important
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verdure
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greenery; fresh and ripe vegetation
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verdant
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green; lush with vegetation
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viridity
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lack of experience; innocence
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candid
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open and sincere
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candor
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frankness and sincerity of expression;openness
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festoon
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to drape or adorn festivity
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pallor
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extreme or unnatural paleness
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pallid
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lacking color; dull
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livid
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enraged; furious
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denigrate
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to attack the character; to mock
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peccadillo
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a small sin or fault
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pejorative
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negative and critical; insulting
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impair
Definition
to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality
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malign
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to speak of maliciously; insult
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jocular
Definition
characterized by joking
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malinger
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to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something
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jocose
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cheerful; merry
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laborious (adj)
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requiring mental or physical effort
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festoon
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to drape or adorn festively
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fete
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to honor with a banquet
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appall
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to fill with horror or disapproval
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plaintive
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sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness
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plaint
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a lament or complaint
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vigilante
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someone who takes law enforcement into his or her own hands
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languish
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to waste away
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languor
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lack of physical or mental energy
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elegy
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a song or poem memorializing something or someone
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consortium
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a group of companies or institutions
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fortuitious
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happening by a lucky accident or chance; fortunate
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fortuity
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chance or accident
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quittance
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a repayment; compensation
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auspicious
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followed by favorable circustances or events
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consort
Definition
to keep company; associate (v)
a companion, especially a romantic one (n)
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parse
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to examine or analyze
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propitious
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lucky; favorable
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propitiate
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to soothe or satisfy
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rapport
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a positive relationship
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insufferable
Definition
impossible to bear; intolerable
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preferential
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giving or showing an advantage to one over another
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euphoria
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a feeling of great happiness or well-being
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importune
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to urge or beg without end
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consummate
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perfect or ideal; especially in skill or accomplishment
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congested
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overcrowded; too tightly packed
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gestate
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to concieve and develop in the mind or body
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divulge
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to make public
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totalitarian
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having to do with a government in which one person, group, or party controls everything
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repartee
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quick, witty convesation
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periphery
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the outermost part or boundary
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totality
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comleteness
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holistic
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concerning the whole rather than the parts
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conferment
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the act of bestowing; a formal offer
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desolate
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deserted and lonely
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polyglot
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a person with a knowledge of several languages
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vigilant
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on the alert;watchful
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monotonous
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unvarying; lackinf in variety
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parcel
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to divide into parts and distribute
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trenchant
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sharply effective or insightful
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monosyllabic
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having only one syllable
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vulgar
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of the common people
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hoi polloi
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the common people; the masses
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summation
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accumulation; total result
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catholic
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covering a broad range; universal
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polymath
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a person with knoweledge of many subjects
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monotone
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sameness of sound, style, manner, or color
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truncate
Definition
to cut short in the middle
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