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10th Grade
10/06/2008
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Adriot
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Skillful
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Amicable
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Peaceable, Friendly
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Averse
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opposed, unwilling
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Belligerent
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Warlike, combative
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Benevolent
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Kindly, charitible
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Cursory
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Hasty, not thorough
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Duplicity
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Treachery, decitfulness
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Extol
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To praise, glorify
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Feasible
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Possible, able to be done
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Grimace
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a wry face, facial distortion
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Holocaust
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A large scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter
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Impervious
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Not affected or hurt by
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Impetus
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A moving force, impulse, stimulus
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Jeopardy
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Danger
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Meticulous
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Extremely careful, particular about details
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nostalgia
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Longing for something in the past, homesicness
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Quintessence
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The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
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Retrogress
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To move backward, to return to an earlier condition
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Scrutinize
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To examine closely
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Tepid
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Lukewarm, unenthusiastic
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