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11/28/2007

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acquiescence
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agreement or consent by silence or without objection
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agate
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a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings
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banish
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To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile.
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brocade
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to weave with a raised design or figure.
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brogue
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any strong regional accent.
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bungalow
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a cottage of one story.
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chevron
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 a badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve by noncommissioned officers, police officers, etc., as an indication of rank, service, or the like.

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coddle
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to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper
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crescent
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a shape kind of like a sliver. Comes to a point at the ends
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curt
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to be short with. to give a short answer
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damask
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a reversible fabric of linen, silk, cotton, or wool, woven with patterns.
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dire
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indicating trouble, disaster, misfortune; urgent; desperate
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encased
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inside of
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espionage
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to spy
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fastidious
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excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
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fraud
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deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
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galvanized
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to startle into sudden activity; stimulate.
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grating
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a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material.
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hospitable
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nice, welcoming
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impassive
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without emotion
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implicate
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to copy
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incantation
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the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.
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inconsolable
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not able to handle advice
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incredulous
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indisposed to believe; skeptical.
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jubilee
Definition
happy, filled with joy!!!!
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latrine
Definition
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
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lavish
Definition
to spoil, to give nice luxuies
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lieu
Definition
place; stead
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lope
Definition
to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
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luminous
Definition
giving off light
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mauve
Definition
a pale bluish purple.
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moron
Definition
dumber than an idiot
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optimism
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looking on the positive side; the glass is half full

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perpetrate
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to break through a boundary
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persimmon
Definition
Any of various chiefly tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, having hard wood and orange-red fruit that is edible only when completely ripe.
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pertinent
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extremely imortant, having the number one priority
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presumptuous
Definition
assuming something
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ravage
Definition
to be extremely angry
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relent
Definition
To become more lenient, compassionate, or forgiving
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reproach
Definition
to find fault with
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resolute
Definition
the one and only
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reverie
Definition
state of abstracted musing; daydreaming
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saboteur
Definition
the person who sabotages something or the person who purposly sets something off to happen at a certain time
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sarcastic
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meaning the opposite of what you say

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swoon
Definition
  1. To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy.
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tenant
Definition
someone who attends to something
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throes
Definition
A severe pang or spasm of pain, as in childbirth.
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