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English
9th Grade
12/14/2010
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adversity
 Definition
state of being turned against; misfortune
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ambience
 Definition
the surrounding atmosphere
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ambivalent
 Definition
having conflicted feelings toward someone or something
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anachronism
 Definition
anything out of its proper historical time
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antagonist
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a person one struggles against in a contest
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antecedent
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anything that logically goes before something else.
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antipathy
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a strong dislike
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apathetic
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without feeling
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assiduous
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persistant
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benevolence
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a kindly or charitable act
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circuitous
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roundabout; winding
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circumspect
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cautious; careful to consider possible consequences
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conscription
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a military draft
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conspicuous
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obvious
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credulity
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tendency to believe on too little evidence
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cursory
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hasty and superficial
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diffident
 Definition
not having faith in oneself; shy
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empathy
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a feeling as if one were in the other person's place
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painful
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Studying for the CA final
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epigram
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any short, witty saying
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equivalent
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equal in value, force, or meaning
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etymology
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the study of the origin and development of words
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exonerate
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to take the burden out; to free from guilt or charge
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extort
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to obtain by violence or threat
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fidelity
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Faithfulness
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inadvertent
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unintentional
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intermittent
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sent between intervals; stopping and starting at intervals
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irrevocable
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ir REV oc a ble. not capable of being called back; unalterable
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loquacious
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talkative (yes it is a word i was shocked)
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malapropism
 Definition
a ludicrous misuse of a word that sounds somewhat like the word intended
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monotheism
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the belief that there is only one God
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nondescript
 Definition
lacking in distinctive qualities
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perverse
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turned away from what is right or good; obstinately disobedient or difficult
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posterity
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future generations
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provision
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a preparation for the future
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly rebellious
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retort
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a response to an insult
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retrospect
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a looking backward
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soliloquy
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a speaking alone to oneself, as in a drama
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subsume
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to include under a more general category
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synopsis
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a brief or general summary
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syntax
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the way words are arranged in a sentence
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telepathy
 Definition
communication by other than normal sensory means
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trivet
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a 3 legged stand
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veracity
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conformity to facts
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verity
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an established truth
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vocation
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a calling; an occupation or profession
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A, an
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Not without
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Ambi amphi
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Around, both
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ann, enn
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year
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ante, anti
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before
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anthrop
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human
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anti
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against, opposite
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auto
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self
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bene
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well, good
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bi
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two
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bio
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life
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chron
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time
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circum
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around
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com, con, col, cor
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together, with
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cred
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to believe
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cur
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to run
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dem
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people
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dict
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to speak
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dis, di, dif
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not, away, apart
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equ
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equal
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eu
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good, well
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ex, es, e
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out
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fid
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faith
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gen
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birth, race, kind
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graph, gram
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to write
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log
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speech, word
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logy
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the study of
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loqu, loc
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to speak
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mal
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bad
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meter, metr
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measure
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mit, mis, miss
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to send
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mono
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one
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morph
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form
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pan
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all
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path
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feeling, suffering
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ped
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foot
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phil
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to love
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phob
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fear
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phon
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sound
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post
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after
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re
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back; again
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scribe, script
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to write
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sed, sid, sess
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to sit
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spec, spic, spect
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to look
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sub
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under
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super
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above
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sin, sym, syl
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together, with
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tele
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far
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tort
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to twist
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tri
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three
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ver
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true
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vert, vers
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to turn
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