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Hot Words Lesson 9 and 10 Vocab
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9th Grade
04/11/2010
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Cryptic
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Hidden; hard to understand
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Confounding
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Confusing; puzzling
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Conflagration
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A huge fire
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Quandry
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A dilemma; confounding situation
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Precarious
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Dangerous; risky; uncertain
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Turmoil
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A turbulent scenario
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Labyrinth
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A maze that is hard to free oneself
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Turbulence
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Turmoil; disorder
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Debacle
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Failure; breakdown
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Quagmire
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A difficult or troubling situation
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Austere
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Having great economy
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Frugal
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Careful with money; thrifty
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Miserly
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Careful with how much money is spent
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Mercenary
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Thinking of only making money
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Avaracious
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Greedy
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Parsimonious
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Miserly; too thrifty
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Penurious
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Relating to great poverty; destuition
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Thrifty
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Miserly
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Enigma
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A riddle; mystsery
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Adversity
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Great trouble or difficulty; dislike each other
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