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9th Grade
11/19/2009
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copious
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abundant
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ample
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more than enough
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bountiful
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generous and abundant
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profuse
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lavish to the point of excess
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cornucopia
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eminent
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outstanding, prominent
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renowned
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widely known
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distinguished
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outstanding, readily "seen"
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illustrious
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outstanding in the sense of brilliant
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notorious
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widely noted or noticed
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frugal
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sparing, economical
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thrifty
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avoids waste and manages well
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economical
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buys wisely and does not spend as much
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prodigal
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wasteful, extravagant
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languid
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drooping, listless
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languish
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droop or pine away in greif
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lassitude
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a feeling of weakness
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langor
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limplessness or relaxation from indolence, weather, or mood
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hostile
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unfriendly, warlike
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adverse
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turned against, opposing
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averse
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turned away from
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inimical
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unfriendly, unfavorable
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tagonistic
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struggling against, often dramaticly
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laudable
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praiseworthy, commendable
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lenient
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mild, merciful
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luminous
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glowing, giving off light
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luminary
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a heavenly body
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luminiferous
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light-bearing
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luminescence
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capacity for glowing or for giving off "cold" light
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nocturnal
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occuring at nigt
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nocturne
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dreamy musical composition
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oblique
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slanting, indirect
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devious
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sneaky
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obnoxious
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offensive, hateful
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noxious
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poisonous or harmful
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odious
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stronger word for harmful
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odious
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stronger word for harmful
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obstructive
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pushing, demanding attention, showy
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obtrude
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push yourself upon as if to be accepted
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officious
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forward, meddlesome
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perpetual
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unedning, lasting forever
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continual
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intermittent
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incessant
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ceasless
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interminable
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seemingly endless
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marathon
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an endurance
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eternal
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forever
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eternity
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unchanging reality beyond time and space
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eternity
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unchanging reality beyond time and space
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regal
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royal, notably excellent
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regalia
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privaleges of royalty
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regalia
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privaleges of royalty, today costumes
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vagrant
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roaming, wandering
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nomadic
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having no fixed home
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itinerant(workers)
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go wherever they can find employment
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nomad
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moves from place to place
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vagabond
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true vagrant
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vehement
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violent, passinate
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vindictive
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vengeful, seeking revenge
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vindicitvenss
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often creats wars
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resentment
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passive slow buring anger
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rancor
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bitter hatred or ill will
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rancor
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bitter hatred or ill will
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vociferous
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vocally noisy, clamorous, loudly insistent
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clamorous
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urgently niosy
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obstreperous
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noisy, unruly
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boisterous
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noisy and unrestrained, but confused
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strident
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noisy, but harsh and grating
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vulnerable
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susceptible to injury or attack
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zealous
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very active, eager, devoted
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zealot
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deeply devoted to a cause
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fanatic
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overzealous person
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bigot
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zealous in a blind, intolerant, or self glorifying way, particularly in behalf of a cherished belief
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