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9th Grade
02/01/2015
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arbitrator
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a person chosen to settle th issue between parties engaged in dispute
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intractable
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difficult to manage or govern; stubborn
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obscquious
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full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning
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obstinate
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stubbornly adhering to an attitute, opinion or course of action; obdurate
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oscillate
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to waver as between conflicting opinions of course of action; vacillate
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reciprocity
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a mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privilages
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ambivalence
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uncertainty
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amorous
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strongly attracted
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taciturn
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habitually untalkative
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apathy
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lack of emotion
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resilient
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flexible, able to bounce back; elastic
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inept
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incompetent
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intrepid
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brave, fearless, bold
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unfounded
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baseless, not based on truth
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fabricated
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made up lies
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lucid
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clear thinking
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fastidious
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careful to the point where it is not easy to please
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corroborated
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supported
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satrical
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mocking ironic sardonic
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candid
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honest
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acrimonious
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bitter, antagonistic, hostile, spiteful
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jovial
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affable, friendly, amiable, cordial
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belligerant
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argumentative, agressive
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eclectic
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using various sources, combinging various traditions
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heretical
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contrary to accepted beliefs, unorthodox, blasphemous
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salient
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prominent, important
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impetuous
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rush, hurry
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prudent
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wise
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impulsive
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acting on impulse, acting on the spur of the moment, acting without thinking
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spurious
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false, counterfeit, forged, bogus, inauthentic
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notable
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outstanding
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polemic
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a passionate attack or refutation/ denial of opinions
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anecdotal
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subjective; sketchy
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vernacular
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dialect, colliquial speech
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assailed
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attacked
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consensus
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agreement
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dilemma
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quandary, predicament
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stymied
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thwarted, blocked, foiled
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vacillation
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indecision, wavering, uncertainty
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refuted
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deny
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dissension
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discord, disagreement
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loquacious
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talkative
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surruptitious
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secretive, stealthy
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superfluous
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surplus
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circuitous
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roundabout, meandering
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imperious
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authorative
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penitent
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repenant, sorry, contrite, remorseful, apologetic
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garrlous
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talkative
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cursory
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superficial, hasty, brief
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formulaic
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rigid, standard
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