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Word Wealth II Unit 9
Boom goes the dynamite
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English
11th Grade
03/11/2013

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belligerent
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quarrelsome/warlike; engaged in warfare (attitude or behavior)
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bellicose
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hostile/warlike (attitude not behavior)
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pugnacious
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someone who likes to fight/quarrel
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martial
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military/warlike (in reality)
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polemic(al)
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argumentative/controversial speeches/writings
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incorrigible
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incapable of reform; unmanageable
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intransigent
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irreconciliable/uncompromising
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morose
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gloomy/sour
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sullen
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silently gloomy, resentful, dismal
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surly
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brusque/bitter/ill-humored
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churlish
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surly in a boorish, uncouth country manner
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splenetic
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spiteful/peevish
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acrimonious
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caustic/bitter/sharp/hint of jealousy
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acrid
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sharp/acid/stinging in taste/odor/speech
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nefarious
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very wicked or evil
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atrocious
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grimly evil/horribly wicked
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reprehensible
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illegal/unethical/blameworthy but not shockingly evil
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pernicious
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highly injurious/deadly
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insidious
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treacherously/stealthily injurious
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baneful
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harmful like a poison
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pestilent
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harmful like a plague or disease
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noxious
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harmful because it is poisonous/offensive
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deleterious
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harmful with a deteriorating effect
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venial
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pardonable/excusable
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venal
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ready to accept bribes
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mortal
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deadly
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venomous
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poisonous/spiteful
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depravity
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moral corruptness/ debasement
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immorality
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depravity, especially sexual, but, generally, it is any breaking of the societal moral code
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turpitude
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shameful baseness/vileness comparable to depravity
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gluttony
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indulgence to excess, especially in eating
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heresy
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belief differing from accepted view
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hypocrisy
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pretense of being what one is not, sham
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insincerity
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milder, more venial than hypocrisy
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perversity
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willfulness in nonconformity or wrongdoing, obstinacy
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fractious
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unruly, rebellious, irritable
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refractory
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hard to manage, more resistant and stubborn than one who is merely perverse
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froward
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perverse, but more headstrong/aggressive in wrongdoing
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wayward
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perverse/disobedient in a whimsical, erratic manner
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rancor
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bitter hatred, ill will
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rancid
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spoiled/partly decomposed, thus bitter
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rankle
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Continue to be painful; fester.
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malignity
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intense ill will, a strong desire to inflict harm
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malice
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ill will of a less intense kind than malignity
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malevolence
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evil-wishing
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intrepid
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fearless, dauntless
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laconic
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concise, terse, pithy
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militant
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resolute, combative, eager to fight (spiritually to achieve peaceful pursuits)
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oblivious
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unconscious, unmindful
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sanguine
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hopeful or confident, bloody
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effervescent
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spirited, lively, frothy
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buoyant
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lighthearted, good-natured
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exultant
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joyful, jubilant
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ubiquitous
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everywhere present (implies mild annoyance)
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omnipresent
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everywhere present (less likely to imply mild annoyance)
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vigilant
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alert to danger, watchful
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