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English
9th Grade
04/19/2007
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intangable
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difficult to precieve
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undulation
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wavelike structure
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orb
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globe
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conjectural
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involving guess work
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speculatively
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out of curiosity
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speculatively
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out of curiosity
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claim
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a tract of public land claimed by a miner
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appendage
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something attached to a large object
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tempermental
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involving a characteristic way of behaving
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obtained
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existed
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unwonted
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unusual
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amber
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a clear yellow gem stone consisting of fossilized tree sap
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spirit thermometer
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a thermometer in which temperature is indicated by the height of a column of colored alcohol
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reiterated
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repeated
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timber jams
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piled up masses of foating logs and branches
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smite
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to strike
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four mile gait
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walking pace of four miles per hour
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crypts
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underground chambers; hidden places
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toil slave
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slave who performs hard labor
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extremity
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hand or a foot
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imperative
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urgently necessary
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high water deposit
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debris left on the bank of a stream as the water recedes from its highest level
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willy nilly
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unavoidably
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conflagration
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large destructive fire
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agiation
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disturbance
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capsize
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overturn
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flotsam
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debris
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ensue
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to occur as a result; follow
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brimstone
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sulfer; a chemical used in match heads
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cherished
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tended; guarded
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apathetically
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with little interest or emotion
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peremptorily
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in a commanding manner
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poignant
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painful; distressing
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strove
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tried hard; struggled
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Mercury
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the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology who flew about by means of wings on his helmet and sandals
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appealingly
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in a way intended to soothe angry feelings
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anesthetic
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a drug used to kill pain or to make a patient unconscious during surgery
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old hoss
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old horse- here used as an affectionate term of address
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chidden
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scolded
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