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10th Grade
10/04/2009
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Balk
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to refuse subbornly or abruptly
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Cajole
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to persuade with false promise or flattery
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Dour
 Definition
sern and ill-humored
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Expound
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to explain in detail
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Exult
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to rejoice; to feel triumphant
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Inscrutable
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not easily understood
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Omniscent
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having unlimited knowledge
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acrimony
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ill-natured, bitter hostility
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affable
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friendly; argeeable; easy to talk to
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agrarian
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having to do with farm
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agri
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farm
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ardous
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diffuclt; requiring much effort
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avid
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enthusiastic; extremely interested
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dolorous
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exhibiting sorrow or pain
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epistle
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a letter or literary composistion in letter form
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explicit
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clearly and openly stated
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feasible
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reasonable; capable of being carried out
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fiasco
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a complete and ridiculous failure
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fluctuate
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to rise and fall
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formidible
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arousing fear or awe
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gadfly
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an irritating persistant person
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gargantuan
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huge or extraordinary size
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gere
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bearing, waging
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grandliloquent
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pompous or high flown in speech
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grimace
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a facial expression of fear or disapproval or pain
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harangue
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a long strongly expressed lecture
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harry
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to annoy or harass
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humility
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absence of vanity
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ic/id
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like
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incognito
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disgusied
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lethargy
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lack of energy
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metier
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the work one is best suited for
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ous/ose
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full of
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sycophant
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a flatterer one who fawns others to gain favor
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