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English
9th Grade
11/15/2013

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ASSURANCE
Definition
a pledge, freedom from doubt
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ASYLUM
Definition
an institution for the care of children, elderly people
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CONSOLE
Definition
to comfort, the keyboardof an organ, a control panel for an electrical
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DILATE
Definition
to make or become larger or wider, to expand upon
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DROSS
Definition
refuse, waste products
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DWINDLE
Definition
to lessen, diminish
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FLIPPANT
Definition
lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, saucy
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IMMUNITY
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resistance to disease, freedom from some charge or obligation
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INSTITUTE
Definition
to establish, set up, organization that promotes learning
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LIABILITY
Definition
a debt, something disadvantageous
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PREPOSTEROUS
Definition
ridiculous, senseless
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PUGNACIOUS
Definition
quarrelsome, fond of fighting
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RABID
Definition
furious, violently instense, unreasonably extremem, mad, infected with rabies
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REALM
Definition
a kingdom, a region or field of study
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REJUVENATE
Definition
to make young again, to make like new
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REMUNERATE
Definition
to reward, pay, reimburse
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SPARSE
Definition
meager, scant, scattered
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STERLING
Definition
genuine, excellent, made of silver of standard fineness
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VENTURE
Definition
a risky of daring undertaking, to expose to danger to dare
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WARP
Definition
to twist out of shape, an abnormality
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