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WORD MASTERS BERRY (OCT. 21-27)
5TH GRADE
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5th Grade
10/21/2009

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valor
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(n) strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery

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flounder
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    (n)  a fish;


(v)  to struggle to move or obtain footing; to thrash about wildly; to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectively

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unkempt
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(adj) not combed; deficient in order or neatness
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debris
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(n) the remains of something broken down or destroyed; an accumulation of fragments of rock; something discarded
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flail

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(n) a hand thrashing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a shorter stick is hung to swing freely;


(v) to strike with or as if with a flail; to thresh grain with a flail; to move, swing, or beat as if wielding a flail

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dogged
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(adj) marked by stubborn determination
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flotsam
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(n) floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo; floating debris; a floating population (as of emigrants or castaways); miscellaneous or unimportant material

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curb
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(n) a bit that exerts severe pressure on a horse’s jaw; an enclosing frame/ border; a raised edge or margin to strengthen or confine; an edging built along a street to form part of a gutter; a market for trading securities not listed on the stock exchange;


v) to furnish with a curb; to check or control with or as if with a curb; to lead (a dog) to a suitable place

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dictatorial
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(adj) of, relating to, or befitting a dictator; oppressive to or arrogantly overbearing towards others

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commerce
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(n) social intercourse/interchange of ideas, opinions, or sentiments; the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place

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grovel
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(v) to creep with the face to the ground; to lie or creep with the body prostrate in token of subservience or absement (lowering one’s rank); to give oneself over to what is unworthy
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naive
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(adj) marked by unaffected simplicity; deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgement; not previously subjected to experimentation; produced by or as if by a self-taught artist
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