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General Vocab
8th Grade
01/07/2013
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abut
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to join at one end or be next to
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abut
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to support,
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abut
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to prop up
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attire
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clothes
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attire
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apparel
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attire
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garb
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attire
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to dress
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attire
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to adorn
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attire
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to bedeck
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avail
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to be of use
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avail
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to make use of
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avail
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to take advantage of
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avail
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use
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avail
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value
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crony
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a very close friend
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crony
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chum
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crony
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buddy
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cryptic
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puzzling
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cryptic
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mystifying
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cryptic
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enigmatic
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divergent
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going in different directions
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divergent
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different from each other
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divergent
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departing from convention
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divergent
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deviant
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enmity
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hatred
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enmity
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ill-will
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fervent
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very earnest
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fervent
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emotional
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fervent
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passionate
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fervent
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extremely hot
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gaunt
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thin and bony
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gaunt
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starved looking
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gaunt
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bare
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gaunt
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barren
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infiltrate
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to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or steathily
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nullify
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to make of no value or consequence
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nullify
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to cancel
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nullify
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to wipe out
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perceptible
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capable of being grasped by the senses of the mind
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plummet
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to plunge straight down
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plummet
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a weight fastened to a line
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proclaim
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to declare publicly or officially
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proxy
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an agent
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proxy
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a substitute
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proxy
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a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
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rankle
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to cause anger
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rankle
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to cause irritation
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rankle
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to cause bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
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scavenger
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a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials
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scavenger
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an animal that feeds on refuse dead bodies
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stint
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to limit
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stint
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to be sparing or frugal
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stint
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a limit or restriction
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stint
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a fixed share of work or duty
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stint
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a period of activity
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stoical
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self-controlled
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stoical
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not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
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unflagging
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tireless
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unflagging
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continuing with vigor
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