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Mrs. Mann final exam
English 3
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English
11th Grade
05/20/2010

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Incongruent
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Not agreeable
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Amenable
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ready or willing to answer
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Rhododendron
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any evergreen or deciduous shrub or tree belonging to the genus Rhododendron, of the heath family, having rounded clusters of showy, pink, purple, or white flowers and oval or oblong leaves
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Tendril
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a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant
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Fortuitous
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lucky
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Deft
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dexterous; nimble; skillful; cleve
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Jostling
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to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely
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Surfeit
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excess; an excessive amount
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Privation
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lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life
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Prodigious
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extraordinary in size
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Cataleptic
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a physical condition usually associated with catatonic schizophrenia, characterized by suspension of sensation, muscular rigidity, fixity of posture, and often by loss of contact with environment
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Drudgery
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menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work
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Squalor
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the condition of being squalid; filth and misery
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Quips
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a clever or witty remark or comment
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Vex
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to irritate; annoy; provoke
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Taiga
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evergreen forest found in North America and Eurasia
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Muskeg
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bog of northern North America having mosses and such on the tamarak trees
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Fulminate
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to issue a thunderous verbal attack or denuciation
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Unsullies
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clean and fresh
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Peregrination
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traveling from one place to another
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Derelict
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left or deserted; as by the owner or guardian; abandoned
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Convoluted
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extremely complicated and difficult to follow
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Asetic
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extreme self-denial and austerity
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Forage
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to wonder or go in search of provisions
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Harangue
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a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack
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Emasculate
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to deprive of strength or vigor; weaken
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Sonorous
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heavily; full and loud and deep "heavy sounds"
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Undulations
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undulating; wave like motion
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Pall
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anything that covers, shrouds, or overspreads with darkness or gloom
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Quisling
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like a trader, making a deal with enemy
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Cairns
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a heap of stones set up as a monument, tomb
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Lichen
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: any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in a symbiotic union with alga, have green, brown or yellow thallus
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Traversing
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to go, move along
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Flagon
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a large bottle of wine, liquid, container for holding liquids
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Premonition
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a forewarning, feeling of anticipation or anxiety of a future event
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Altimeter
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a sensitive barometer used mainly for aircrafts, does not operate by radio waves, measures distance above sea level by using airpressure
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Psychedelic
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mental state of intensified sensory perception, can be created by drugs
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Thaumaturgy
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the working of wonders/miracles
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Acquiescence
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agreement or consent by silence without objection
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Metastatic
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transformation, the transference of cancerous cells
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Cuisine
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a style or quality of cooking
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Cotoneaster
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group of small trees, rose family, having pink flowers and re or black berries
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Reincarnation
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rebirth of the soul
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Exultation
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to be extremely joyful
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SageBrush
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any of several sagelike, bushy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, having silvery, wedge shaped leaves
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Verandah
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a large open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed
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Ubiquitous
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existing or being everywhere, omnipresent
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Percolate
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: to pass through a porous substance, filter, ooze, seep, trickle
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Gregarious
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liking to be with other people
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Rimrock
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: the sheer rock wall at the upper edge of a plateau, canyon
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Ramada
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An open semi closed shelter roofed with brush or branches
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Exasperated
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to irritate or provoke to a high degree, annoy extremely
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Voyeur
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someone who enjoys watching other people's private behavior or suffering
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Yucca
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plant, native to the warmer regions of North America, having often tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flower
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Symbosis
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close union, cooperative relationship
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Hoodoo
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a natural column of rock in Western North America often in a fantastic form
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Caduceus
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a representation of a staff with two entwined snake and two wings at the top
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Gelid
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very cold, icy
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