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9th Grade
10/23/2008

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Warfare
Definition
The act or fact of engaging in a war.
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Handicraft
Definition
Something made using manual skill.
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Timber
Definition
Standing trees or their wood
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Sly
Definition
Cleverly skillful and cunning.
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Vaulted
Definition
To mive with a leap or bound.
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Caverns
Definition
A large underground cave or chamber.
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Treacherous
Definition
involving hidden dangers or hazards
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anchorage
Definition
a place in or near were boats are moored
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anguish
Definition
extreme anxiety or emotional torment
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treason
Definition
betrayal or disloyalty
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citadel
Definition
a fortress or strongly fortified building in or near a city used as a place of refuge
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contrary
Definition
not at all in agreement with something
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notions
Definition
an idea opinion or concept
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rifled
Definition
to search and rob
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reverberated
Definition
to echo repeatedly
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sinister
Definition
for end or suggesting malevolence, menace, or harm
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crazed
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insane
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foul
Definition
disgusting to the senses
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deceptive
Definition
liable or meant to deceive or mislead somebody
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betrayed
Definition
to deliver somebody or something to the enemy
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condemned
Definition
to judge that somebody or something is to blame for somebody or something
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seige
Definition
a prolonged effort to gain or overcome something
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appease
Definition
to satisfy a need for something especialy a physical appetiet
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undulating
Definition
to rise and fall gracefully in volume or pitch
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thrashed
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to toss or move the body and limbs about in an uncontrolled or restless way
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suffused
Definition
to spread over or through something
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maws
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the mouth, throat, or stomach of a greedy person
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enveloped
Definition
to enclose somebody or something competely
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ensnared
Definition
to lure somebody into a bad situation from which it is difficult to escape
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coils
Definition
series of connected loops into which something has been wound or gathered
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pitiless
Definition
lacking pity, mercy, or sympathy
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rondure
Definition
a circle or sphere
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profanation
Definition
not connected with or used for religious matters
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offending
Definition
to violate a law or code of conduct
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voltive
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breached
Definition
a breakdown of something
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underpinned
Definition
to support from below, as with props
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hempen
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renowed
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jarred
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to look or deem bad or inappropriate in the context of something else
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profound
Definition
very great, strong, or intense
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enfolded
Definition
to surround or enclose somebody or something comepletely
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