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English
8th Grade
05/22/2011

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Taut
Definition
pulled or drawn tight
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Tempestuous
Definition
turbulent; like a storm
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Derisive
Definition
scornful
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Impervious
Definition
incapable of being affected
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Truculent
Definition
wanting to or ready to fight
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Docile
Definition
easy to teach or manage
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Bauble
Definition
a small inexpensive trinket
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Pliable
Definition
receptive to change; easily persuaded or controlled; easily bent or twisted
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Defunct
Definition
dead or inactive; having ceased to exist
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Sodden
Definition
thoroughly wet
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Succulent
Definition
juicy; full of juice
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Acrid
Definition
unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter taste or smell
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Luminous
Definition
softly bright or radiant
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Menace
Definition
something that is a source of danger
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Bravado
Definition
a swaggering show of courage
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Commiserate
Definition
to express sympathy or pity
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Acquiesce
Definition
to agree or comply without protest
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Denuciation
Definition
public condemnation of something
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Beckon
Definition
to summon someone to come nearer or follow
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Rescind
Definition
to revoke or cancel
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Fastidious
Definition
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
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Itinerant
Definition
traveling from place to place- a person who travels from place to place
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Motley
Definition
made up of dissimilar parts; being of many colors
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Candid
Definition
outspoken; blunt
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Petulant
Definition
childishly sulky or bad tempered
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Tepid
Definition
slightly warm
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Strafe
Definition
to attack repeatedly with bombs or gunfire from low flying aircraft
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Regale
Definition
to entertain with talk
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Candor
Definition
the quality of being open and honest in expression
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Puerile
Definition
childishly silly or trivial
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Tentative
Definition
not certain
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Pariah
Definition
a social outcast
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Levity
Definition
humor or frivolity
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Reconvene
Definition
to meet again to call or come together again
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Throng
Definition
a crowd
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Fervent
Definition
having or displaying passionate or strong intensity
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Ominous
Definition
giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
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Saunter
Definition
to walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort
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Gaunt
Definition
lean and haggard, esp. because of suffering, hunger, or age
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Impartial
Definition
fair; just; unbiased
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