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9th Grade
01/07/2010

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tremulous
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characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness
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truculent
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fierce; cruel, savagely brutal
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listlessly
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having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent
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hedonism
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the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good
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panegyric
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a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing
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wizen
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to wither; shrivel; dry up
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uncouth
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awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly
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dowdy
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not stylish; drab; old fashioned
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supercilious
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arrogant, scornful
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warbled
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to expressed or celebrate in or as if in song; carol
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liveried
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clad in distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title of his retainers
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demoralizing
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to deprive of spirit, courage, discipline
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abstruse
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hard to understand; recondite, esoteric
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tawdry
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gaudy; showy and cheap
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rue
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to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly
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efficacy
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capacity for producing a desire result or effect; effectiveness 
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affectations
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an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed
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incorrigible
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bad beyond correction or reform
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ungainly
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not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy
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affinity
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a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea
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cognizance
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awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception
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winsome
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sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging
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sentimentalist
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a person who is weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender
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ennui
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a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting form satiety or lack of interest; boredom
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impassive
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without emotion
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inveterate
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settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling , or the like
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impecuniosity
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having little or no money; penniless; poor
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obsequious
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servilely compliant or deferential
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flaccid
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soft and limp; not firm; flabby
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wan
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showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness, etc
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procured
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to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means
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conjecture
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to conclude or suppose from grounds or evidence insufficient to ensure reliability 
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poignant
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keenly distressing to the feelings
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macerated
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to become thin or emaciated
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irreproachable
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free from blame
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swarthy
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having a dark complexion of color
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infamous
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having and extremely bad reputation
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torpid
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inactive or sluggish
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prate
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to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble
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fetid
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having an offensive odor; stinking
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caluminated
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to make false malicious statements about; slander
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unadulterated
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not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter; pure
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audacious
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extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless
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rejoinder
Definition
an answer to a reply; response
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abdicate
Definition
to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner
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lithe
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bending readily; pliant, limber; supple; flexible
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presentiment
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a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp something evil; foreboding
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loathsome
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causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive
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deboniar
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courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm
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capacious
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capable of holding much; spacious or roomy
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prodigious
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extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree
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inveigle
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to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements
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matriarchal
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a woman who rules a family, clan or tribe
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deigning
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to think it appropriate to one's dignity; condescend
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inured
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to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc; toughen or harden; habituate
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insidious
Definition
operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect
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mordantly
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sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit speaker; biting
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effulgence
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a brilliant radiance
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reverie
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a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing
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idiosyncratic
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a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual
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turbid
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not clear or transparent because of stirred up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured
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sinecture
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an office or position requiring little or no work esp. one yielding profitable returns
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automaton
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a person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence 
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stupefaction
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overwhelming amazement
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fratricide
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the act of killing one's brother
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reticent
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disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved
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sententiousness
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abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims; preachy; maralistic
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vagaries
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a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action
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multifariously
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numerous and varied; greatly diverse or manifold
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accolade
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any award, honor, or laudatory notice
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cacophony
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harsh discordance of sound; dissonance
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querulous
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full of complaints; complaining
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languid
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lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow
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bellicose
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious
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