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7th Grade
03/15/2010

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adolescent
Definition
person between childhood and adulthood; teenager
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agent
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person who has the power to act for another; representative
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aggressor
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person who starts a fight or quarrel; assailant; nation that starts a war
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beneficiary
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person who benifits; person who recieves or is to recieve, money from a will or insurance policy
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client
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person who engages the service of lawyer, accountant, or other professional
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dependent
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person who is supported by someone else
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mediator
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person who mediates(helps the parties in a dispute to reach an agreement) ; go-between; intermediary
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novice
Definition
person who is new to a particular occupation or acticity; beginner
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patron
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person who is a regular customer at a particular store or restaurant; regular customer
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subscriber
Definition
person who pays for and regularly recieves a magazine, newspaper, or service
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assent
Definition
agree; say "yes"; consent; concur; express acceptance of an opinion
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consensus
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general agreement or felling; opinion of all or most of the person consulted
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dissension
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strong disagreement; strife; discord
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dissent
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disagree; differ in opinion
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insensitive
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slow or unable to fell or notice; not sensitive; unresponsive
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presentiment
Definition
feeling that something, especially something bad, is going to happen; foreboding; premonition
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resent
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feel angry and hurt about; feel annoyance at
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sensation
Definition
feeling that comes from the senses; power to feel; awareness (of heat, cold, pain, etc)
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sensitive
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easily affected or influenced; highly responsive; easily hurt or offended; touchy
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sentiment
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thought influenced by feeling or emotion; view; feeling; opinion
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aspect
Definition
look; appearance; way of looking at or thinking about something
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circumspect
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watchful on all sides; careful to consider or lok at all possible consequences before acting; cautious; prudent
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conspicuous
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easy to be seen; clearly visible
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despicable
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to be looked down on; contemptible
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inconspicuous
Definition
hardly noticeable; attracting little or no attention
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prospect
Definition
outlook; expectation
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prospects
Definition
chances for success; result expected or looke for
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retrospect
Definition
looking back or thinking about the past
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spectacle
Definition
unusual sight; impressive show; sensational event; something to look at
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spectacular
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like a spectacle; showy; striking; sensational
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spectacles
Definition
eyeglasses
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spectator
Definition
onlooker; observer; person who watches something but does not take part
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din
Definition
steady loud noise; uproar; confused clamor
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fanfare
Definition
showy, loud, short passage played on trumpets; flourish; showy display; noisy demonstration or parade; publicity
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muffle
Definition
make less loud; deaden the sound of; suppress; keep (a person) from speaking
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mute
Definition
unable to make sounds; making no sound; not speaking; silent; inarticulate
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obbstreperous
Definition
noisy and hard to control; unruly; boisterous
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ovation
Definition
enthusiastic outburst of applause
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reverberation
Definition
echo; repetition of sound caused when sound waves bounce back from a surface
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stentorian
Definition
very loud; extremely powerful in sound
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undertone
Definition
low tone of voice
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whine
Definition
whimper; utter a low complaining cry of distress; complain in a childish, self-pitying way
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