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Year 3
Week 24 Vocab
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English
9th Grade
09/17/2012

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prehensile
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adapted for grasping, e.g. tail of a monkey
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comprehensive
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inclusive; dealing with all of the relevant details
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apprehend
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to take into custody; understand; dread
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reprisal
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the doing of injury for injury received; retaliation
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inquisitive
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inclined to ask many questions; eager to learn
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requisition
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to demand or take by some authority, e.g. food for troops; to submit a written order for supplies
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exquisite
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very beautiful; of highest quality
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quest
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a hunt or purshit, esp. by knights-errant of medieval times
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perquisite
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tip; gratuity; privilege or benefit
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querulous
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inclined to find fault; peevish
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querimonious
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apt to complain
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abrasive
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causing a rubbing off; tending to provoke anger or ill will
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corrosive
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causing a substance to wear away; bitingly sarcastic
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