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10th Grade
06/13/2011
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abetted
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assisted
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aver
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to affirm
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blantant
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obvious
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broach
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to bring up, to being to talk about
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butress
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to support
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carousal
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a wild, drunkwn party
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collate
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to arrange in a specific order
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connoisseur
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an expert
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disconsolate
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deeply unhappy
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encumber
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to overload, to burden
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foment
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to start trouble
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grisly
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gruesome, gory
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herculean
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mighty, powerful
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impassive
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emotionless
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inauspicious
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unlucky, unfortuneate
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uncontrovertible
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unquestionable
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nonplussed
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puzzled, flabbergasted
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opportune
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appropiate, timely
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prolific
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very productive
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rejoinder
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a response, a reply
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amenable
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willing to follow advice
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berate
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to scold
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carnage
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large scale slaughter
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credulous
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too ready to believe, gullible
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criteria
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standards for evaluation
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depleated
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used up, diminished
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expatiate
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to expand on
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extraneous
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irrelevant
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inception
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the beginning
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infirmity
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a weakness or illness
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jejune
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immature, childish
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obdurate
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stubborn
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potpouri
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a colection of diverse items
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precocious
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unusually advanced
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sadistic
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brutal, excessively cruel
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sententious
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prone to giving wise advice
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supplicate
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to beg or plead
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surfeit
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an excess
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tortuous
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winding, twisted, complex
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turgid
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swollen, inflated
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adamant
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inflexible, stubborn
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brouhaha
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an uproar, a commotion
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bulwark
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a stong defence or protection
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choleric
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bad-tempted, testy
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cloying
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too sweet, indulgent
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curtail
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to cut short, to limit
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deference
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respect, consideration
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definitive
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author; tative
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demeanor
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conduct, behavior
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enigmatic
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puzzling, mysterious
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impromptu
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improvised, unrehearsed
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mawkish
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nauesatingly sentimental
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mollify
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to calm, to pacify
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onus
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obligation, burden
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presentiments
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premonitions (instincts)
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profligate
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reckless and extravagant
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remit
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to send in (usually in $)
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requisite
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required, needed
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sartorial
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related to clothing
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thwart
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to oppose
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