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10th Grade
01/31/2011

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insinuate
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to introduce by windings or gently; to work gradually into favor
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wizened
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lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
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billet
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a short personal letter
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altruistic
Definition
showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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rescind
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annual by recalling or rescinding
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cynical
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believeing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessnessn of others
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surreptitious
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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; takin pains to void being observed
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dissipated
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unrestrained byconvention or morality
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irrevocably
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in an irrevocable behavior
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irrevocably
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in an irrevocable behavior
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irrevocably
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in an irrevocable behavior
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imprudent
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not prudent or wise
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hermetically
Definition
in a airtight manner
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sabotage
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a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
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abyss
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a bottomless gulf or pit
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untenable
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incapable defended or justified
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tumult
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a state of commotion and noise and confusion
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emaciated
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very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
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notorious
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having an exceeding bad reputation
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apathy
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an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
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interspersed
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placed at intervals amongst other things
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grimace
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a contorted facial expression
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lucidity
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free from abscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility
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excruciating
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extremely painful
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harangued
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a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
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disheveled
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in disarray; extremely disorderly
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poignant
Definition
arousing affect
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