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7th Grade
11/28/2011
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Mince

 

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to cut into smaller pieces 

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Import

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to have a product sent from another place
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graphic
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giving clear picture/description of the situation
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construe
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to give the meaning
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export
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to send or transmit
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instrumental
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useful;helpful
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epigram
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a short clever poem or saying
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inscription
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something that is written or engraved on a solid surface
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prescription
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a direction
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porter
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they bring stuff
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instructor
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give directions
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cartographer
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drawing maps or charts
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scribe
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a person who copies documents
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definitive
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most reliable or complete
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insatiable
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unsatisfied
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saturate
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to soak
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terminable
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coming to an end
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expatriate
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to withdraw from a native country
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genesis
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an origin or beginning
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matriarch
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a woman dominant founder
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patriarch
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a man dominant founder
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diminutive
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small or tiny
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port
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bring,carry
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struct,stru
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build
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graph, gram
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write, writing
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scrip, scribe
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write, writing
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fin
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end
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sat
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enough
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term
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end
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matri
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mother
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patri
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father
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gen
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birth; origin
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magn; magni
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great
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maxi
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large, great
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micro
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small
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min
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small
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labor
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work
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oper
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work
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techni
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skill
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trib
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pay, bestow
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quer, ques
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ask
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quir, quis
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ask
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rog
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ask, seek
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collaborate
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work together
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cooperate
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work together
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pyrotechnics
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making fireworks
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retribution
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a deserved punishment
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inquest
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a judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to a death
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inquisition
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a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation
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arrogant
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having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance
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quest
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the act or instance of seeking or pursuing something
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semicolon
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to join independent clauses
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comma
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before a coordinating conjunction
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hyphens
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to join words two or more that act as a single term (single meaning)
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hyphens
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to join some compound words
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hyphens
 Definition
to join some prefixes, suffixes, and letters to a word
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hyphens
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after each word in a series when the words have common ending
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hyphens
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between a number in front of a unit of measure
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hyphens
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in the written numbers between 21 and 99
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comma
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before and after a nonessential clause
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