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10th Grade
11/01/2008

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beseech
Definition
to beg for urgently or anxiously
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betimes
Definition
at times
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blench
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to draw back or turn aside from lack of courage
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buffoon
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a gross and usually ill-educated or stupid person
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casuistry
Definition
a resolving of specific cases of conscience, duty, or conduct through interpretation of ethical principes or religious doctrine
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causal
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expressing or indicating cause
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commune
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crone
Definition
a withered old women
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doff
Definition
to remove from the body
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enumerate
Definition
to ascertain the numberof
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expatiate
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to move about freely or at will

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expedient
Definition

suitable for achieving a particular end

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expedite

Definition

to accelerate the process or progress of

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expunge

Definition

to strike out, obilterate, or mark for deletion

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foray

Definition
a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils
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frisk
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to search for something by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets

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fulminate
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to utter or send out with denuciation
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fumigate
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to apply smoke, vapor, or gas to especially for the purpose of disinfectin or destroying pests
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garble
Definition
to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression or change th meaning
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gnarled
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crabby in disposition, aspect, or character

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grail
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the object of an extended or difficult quest

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guise
Definition
external apperance
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hail
Definition
salute, greet
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imbibe
Definition
to receive to the mind and retain
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imbue
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to permeate or influence as if by dyeing
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implicate
Definition
to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural influence
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incense
Definition
to cause ( a passion or emotion) to become aroused
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infer
Definition
to derive as a concluson from facts or premises
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inure
Definition
to accustom to accept something undesirable
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iterate
Definition
to say or do again or again and again
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itinerary
Definition
the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline
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jocky
Definition
to maneuver or manipulate by adroit or devious means
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maudlin
Definition
drunk enough to be emotionaly silly
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molt
Definition
to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
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placatory
Definition
soothing or mollifying especially by concessions
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postlude
Definition
a closing piece of music or closing phrase
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presage
Definition
to give an omen or warning of
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prone
Definition
having a tendency or inclination
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queer
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differing in some odd way form what is usual or normal

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recompense
Definition
to give somehting to by way of compensation
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secular
Definition
of or relating to the worldly or temporal
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serpentine
Definition
winding or turning one way and another
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singular
Definition
of or relating to a single instance or to something considered by oneself
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sinuous
Definition
Winding
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staid
Definition
marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint
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supplicate
Definition
to make a huble entreaty
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tenable
Definition
capable of being held, maintained, or defended
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tenuous

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having little substance or strength

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terminal
Definition
Fatal
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violate
Definition
to do harm to the person or especially the chastity of
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