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English
9th Grade
04/03/2006

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Lassitude
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n- lack of intrest or energy
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exhortation
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n-A strong urging or warning; an urgent appeal for action or change.
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animated
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v- to give life
adj- possesing life
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irrevocable
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adj- incapable of being taken back
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vivacity
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n-liveliness, characterized by high spirits and animation
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antipathy
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n- a strong feeling of aversion or repungnance
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approbation
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n-expressions of war or offical approval
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consolation
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n-the act of being consoled, the one doing the consuls, a comfort
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salubrious
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adj- conductive or favorable to health or well-being
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elapsed
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v-to slip by
n- passage
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precipice
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n- brink of a disastrous situation
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abhor
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v- to regard with horror or loathing, detest
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disdain
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v- to despise
n- a feeling or show of contemp and aloofness, scorn
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malignity
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n- intense ill will or hatred, great malive, an act or a feeling of great malice, the condition or quality of being highly dangerous or injurious, deadliness
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obdurate
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adj- hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness, hardened against feeling, not giving in to persuasion
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deduce
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v- to reach (a conclusion) by reasoningm to trace the origin of
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induce
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v- to lead or move, as to a course of action, by inflence or persuasion, to bring about or stimulate the occurence of
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dicern (ment)
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v- to percieve, detect, to recognize or comprehend
n- the act or process of diserning, keenness of discrimination
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fastidious
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adj- possessing or displaying careful attention to detail, difficult to please, having complicated nutritious requirements
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smitten (smite)
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v- to inflict a heavy blow on with as as if with a hand, to drive or strike, to attack or damage
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fervent
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adj- having or showing emotion or warmth, extremely hot
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ardor (ardour)
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n- great warmth or intensity, stong ethusiasm or devotion
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commence (recommencing)
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v- to begin, start, to come into exisence
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bestow
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v- the present as a gift or honor, confer, to apply, use
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transitory
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adj- existing only briedly, short-lived
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tranquility
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n- the state or quality of being tranquil, serenity
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dissoluble
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adj- capable of being dissolved
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benevolent
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adj- of, concerned with, or organized for the benifit of charity, characterized or the suggestion of doing good
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amiable
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adj- having pleasant disposition, good-natured. sociable and friendly
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ignominy
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n-great personal dishonor or humiliation. disgreaced or shameful action
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countenance
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n- appearance, expression of the face, look of apparent encouragement

v- to give or express approval
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venerable
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adj- worthy of respect by virtue of dignity, character, posistion, or age, commanding respect
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reverence
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n- feeling of profound awe and respect and often love. an act of showing respect
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endeavor
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n-an earnest attempt, a conscientious or concerted effort toward a given end
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melancholy
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n- sadness or depression of spirts

adj- affected with or marked by depression of spirts, thoughtfull
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despondence
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n- depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence or courage
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procure
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v- to obtain, aquire. to bring about, effect. to obtain for another
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cursory
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adj- hastily or superficially done, not thorough
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demeanor
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n- the way in which a person behaves or conducts himself
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clemency
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n- mercy towards an offendor or enemy, mildness (weather)
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inexorable
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adj- not capable of being persuaded by entreaty, unyeilding
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