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11th Grade
05/22/2008
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baleful
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threatening
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balk
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to stop short
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balm
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something that heals
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baroque
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extravagantly ornate
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behest
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command
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benighted
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ignorant
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to turn pale
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bombast
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very good speech
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boon
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a blessing
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botch
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to ruin through clumsy effort
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brandish
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to wave thretenly
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bravado

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to false show of bravery
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breach
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a violation
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byzantine
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extemily intricate
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cabal
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a group of conspirators
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cache
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a hiding placce
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calumny
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slander
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cant
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insincere
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capacious
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roomy
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careen
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to swerve
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caucus
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a political party meeting
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cavil
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to quibble
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champion
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to defend
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channel
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to direct
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chortle
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to chuckle with glee
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chutzpah
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brazenness
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cipher
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zero; a nobody
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circumnavigate
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to sail or travel all the way around
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cleave
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to cling
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cloister
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a covered walk with columnss along it
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clone
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an exact duplicate
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cloy
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to make feel too full
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cogitate
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to ponder
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commemorate
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to honor the memory of
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commiserate
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to express sorrow for
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comply
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to act or be in accordance with (law)
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composed
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calm
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compromise
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settlement of differencce
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compuction
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remorse
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concave
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curved inward
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concede
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to grant or yeild
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concentric
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having the same center
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concert
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combined action
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concomitant
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following from
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confederate
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an ally
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confer
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to exchange ideas
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confidant
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shared of privated thoughts
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configuration
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arrangement
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confluence
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a flowing together
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confound
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to bewilder
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congeal
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to solidify
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conjugal
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having to deal with marriage
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connive
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to conspire
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conservatory
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a green house
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consign
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to hand over
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conspicuous
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easily seen
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consternation
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sudden confusion
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constituency
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a group of supporters
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continuum
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continuous whole with out parts
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contraband
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smuggled goods
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contretemps
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embarrassing occurance
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contumely
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rudeness
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conversant
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familiar
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copious
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abundant
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