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Lessons 16-18
3/15/11 Vocabulary for Achievement: Third Course
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English
9th Grade
03/15/2011

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appreciable
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noticeable; able to be perceived or estimated
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breadth
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width; distance from side to side; a wide range
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copious
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plentiful; abundant
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gargantuan
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gigantic; of immense size; volume; or capacity
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innumerable
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too many to count
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inordinate
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exceeding reasonable limits
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negligible
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not enough to be worth considering; insignificant
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paucity
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smallness of number, fewness, scarcity
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pittance
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a very small amount, an inadequate wage
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proliferate
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to multiple, increase, spread rapidly
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arbitrary
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based upon impulse or random chance, rather than on reason
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coincidental
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happening or existing at the same time by accident
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contrive
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to cleverly plan, plot, or design
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deliberation
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slow careful thought
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fortuitous
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happening by lucky accident
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haphazard
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without plan or order, chosen randomly
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premeditated
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planned or arranged in advance
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prophetic
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foreseeing or predicting the future
the quality of following
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spontaneity
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personal impulse rather than outside influences or planning
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unwittingly
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unknowingly, without awareness
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assert
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to state or express firmly
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ferocity
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fierceness
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flout
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to disobey openly, to defy
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foolhardy
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unwisely bold, rash
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headstrong
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determined to have one’s own way; stubbornly and often recklessly willful
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incisive
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clear and sharp in analysis or expression
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outspoken
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frank and unreserved in speech, candid; spoke in a frank, unreserved way
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undaunted
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not discouraged by danger or difficulty
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vehement
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showing intense emotion or passion, forceful
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vibrant
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pulsing with energy, vigorous; having bright colors
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