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HG Vocab Wk5
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10th Grade
05/11/2012

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arbitrary
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subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion
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asphyxiation
Definition
to cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate
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benign
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showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness
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contrived
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obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained
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extricating
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to free or release from entanglement
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feral
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existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cutivated; wild
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garish
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crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate as clothes or decoration
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intersperse
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to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things
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peevishly
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cross, querulous or fretful as from vexation or discontent
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rapport
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relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation
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