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English
9th Grade
10/20/2008

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progression
Definition
to advance
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disintegrate
Definition
to dissolve or disappear
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vicious
Definition
carried out with intense violence and an apparent desire to inflict serious harm
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vengeance
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punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense
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shudder
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to shake or tremble uncontrollably from a reaction such as cold, fear, or disgust.
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protruding
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sticking out
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sensitive
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tactful and sympathetic in relation to the feelings of others
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persuading
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to move by argument
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rescind

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to make void ( as an act) by action
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psychoanalysis
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a method of analyzing psychic phenomena and treating emotional disorders

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vivisection
Definition
the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation.
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conscript
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to enroll into service by compulsion
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ambiguous
Definition
doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistingctness
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mirth
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amusement or laughter
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submerge
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to be covered or lost from sight
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lurched
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an abrupt rollign or pitching
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honor
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strong moral character or strength
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disorientation
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to cause somebody to feel lost or confused, especially with regard to direction or position
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separtism
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somebody who breaks away from or who is in favor of breaking away from a group
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queue
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a list of computer data constructed and maintained in a first in, first out basis; a line of people
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incredulous
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unable or unwilling to believe something or completely unconvinced by it
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malleable
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able to be shaped and bent; easily influenced
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opaque

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does not let light through

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salaam
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a sacred word of friendship (peace be to you).
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obscurity
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the condition of being unknown
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contingent
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dependent for existence, occurence, character etc..., on something not yet certain
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rendezvous
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an agreement between two people or more to meet at a certain place and time
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vigorously

Definition
extremely strong and active, physically and mentally
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inextricably
Definition
incapable of being disentangled, undone, loosed or solved
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circumvent
Definition
to go around or bypass
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bulkhead
Definition
a wall like construction on a vessel
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feeble
Definition
weak/frail
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cronies
Definition
companions
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apex
Definition
the tip, point, or vertex; summit
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raucous
Definition
rowdy; disorderly
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potent
Definition
having or exercising great power or influence
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vertigo
Definition
a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
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requistioning
Definition
a formal written request for something needed
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puerile
Definition
childish foolish; immature or trivial
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deftly
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dexturous; nimble; skillful; clever

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defiant
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boldly resistant or challenging
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extricated
Definition
to free or release from entanglement; disengage
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martyr
Definition
a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause.
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chasm
Definition
a breach or wide fissure in a wall or other structure
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asphyxiate
Definition
to cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate; smother.
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despicable
Definition
deserving to be despised; contemptible
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sadism

Definition
any enjoyment in being cruel
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adjacent
Definition
just before, after, or facing
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conceive
Definition
to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.)
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inexhaustible
Definition
not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted
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