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Units 1-3 Vocab (Mann)
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6th Grade
10/18/2009

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deserve
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v. to have a right to; be worthy of
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display
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n. a planned showing of a thing; v. to show
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especially
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adv. particularly; more than others
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financial
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adj. having to do with money matters
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fortune
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n. a great deal of wealth
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information
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n. knowledge given or received
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investigate
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v. to search into; examine
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observation
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n. the act or power of seeing; something noticed the fact of being seen; a comment based on something observed
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opportunity
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n. a good chance; favorable time
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position
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n. a post of employment; job, office; the place where a thing or person is; rank; v. to put something or someone in a certain place
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private
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adj. not for the public; secret; n. an enlisted person in either of the twolowest ranks in the US Army; a place away from others
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profit
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v. to make a financial gain to benefit; n. what is gained
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solution
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n. the solving of a problem; explanation
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struggle
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v. to work hard against difficulties; to contend or fight violently; to make a great effort; fight; conflict
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temptation
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n. something that is exceptionally appealing
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application
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n. relevance; putting to usea written request; putting on; related word; applicable
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appreciate
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v. to think highly of, value
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attention
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n. care and thought; consideration; notice
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career
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n. one's progress through live or in one's work; job, occupation
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common
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adj. ordinary; n. land owned or used by all the inhabitants of a place
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courteous
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adj. polite; thoughtful; well-mannered
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deceive
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v. to mislead; make a person believe as true something that is false
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devour
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v. to eat hungrily
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direct
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adj. by the shortest way, straight; honest and straightforward; v. to manage or guide
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disguise
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v. to change one's appearance by looking like someone or something else; n. clothes or actions used to deceive
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honorable
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adj. having a sense of what is right
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landscape
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n. view of scenery on land; v. to change the natural feattures of so as to make it more attractive, as by adding lawns, bushes, or trees
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serious
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adj. thoughtful; grave; not fooling; important
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troubled
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adj. distressed; worried
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victim
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n. a person or animal injured or killed; a person badly treated or taken advantage of
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invader
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n. one who enters by force
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mishap
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n. an unlucky accident
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realize
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v. to understand clearly
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collide
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v. to crash
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assault
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n. a sudden attack, either verbal or physical
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severe
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adj. serious; very strict; harsh; dangerous
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twilight
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n. the period of time from sunset to dark
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estimate
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n. judgment or opinion; v. to form a judgment or opinion; make a general but careful guess
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demolish
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v. to tear down or smash to pieces
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completion
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n. a finishing; process of completing
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vicinity
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n. the region near or about a place
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disadvantage
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n. unfavorable condition
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effective
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adj. producing the desired result
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mission
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n. a special purpose
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navigator
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n. one who steers or plots the course for a craft
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