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Vocabulary 61 - 95
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English
9th Grade
09/25/2009

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anguish NOUN
Definition
extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
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distracted ADJ
Definition
mentally confused, troubled or remote
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adulation NOUN
Definition
excessive or slavish admiration or flattery
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aghast ADJ
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shocked
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gamut NOUN
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an entire range or series
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compromise NOUN
Definition
settlement of differences by arbitration [agreement] or by consent reached by mutual concessions
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exorbitant ADJ
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excessive
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prospect NOUN
Definition
something that is awaited or expected; possibility
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pauper NOUN
Definition
a very poor person
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ruinous ADJ
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causing or tending to cause ruin
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askew ADV or ADJ
Definition
awry
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garret NOUN
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a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof
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prim ADJ
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formal and proper; neat, trim
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spruce ADJ
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neat or smart in appearance; trim
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billow VERB
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to rise or roll in waves or surges
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gleam VERB
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to shine with or as if with subdued steady light or moderate brightness
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careen VERB
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to sway from side to side; lurch
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bedeck VERB
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decorate
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sullen ADJ
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gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
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loll VERB
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to act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner
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imminent ADJ
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ready to take place
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infallible ADJ
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incapable of error
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dogged ADJ
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obstinate, stubborn
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precarious ADJ
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characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger
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exotic ADJ
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foreign; strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual
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armada NOUN
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a large force or group usually of moving things
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vermillion NOUN
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a bright red pigment
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heresy NOUN
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dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice; an opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs or standards
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clove NOUN
Definition
split; small bulb (as in garlic)
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invalid NOUN
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one that is sickly or disabled
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iridescent ADJ
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a lustrous rainbow-like play or color caused by differential refraction of light waves; (oil)
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reiterate VERB
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to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
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naught NOUN
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nothingness, zero
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romance NOUN, VERB
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N: a love story; something (as an extravagant story or account) that lacks basis in fact ---- V: to try to influence or curry favor with especially by lavishing personal attention, gifts, or flattery
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snipe VERB
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to shoot at exposed individuals (as of an enemy's forces) from a usually concealed point of vantage
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