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L.A. Final Vocab Test
Test on all vocab words of the year.
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Literature
7th Grade
06/13/2010

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Commissioner
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Noun-a person sent to meet with others to plan and make official decisions
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Smite
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Verb-to send a sharp blow; to strike
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Transmit
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Verb-to send from one person or place to another
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Admissible
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Adj.-able to be sent as truthful evidence
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Missive
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Noun-a message sent through the mail
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Submissive
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Adj.-yeilding; obedient
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Permit
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Verb-to allow; to authorize
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Missionary
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Noun-a person sent for a special task, usually religious
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Missile
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Noun-a rocket or weapon sent through air
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Remittance
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Noun-money sent in a payment
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Manufacture
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Verb-to make by hand or machine
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Manual
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Noun-a handbook
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Manuscript
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Noun-a hand-written or typed composition
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Manicure
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noun-a treatment for the hands and nails
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Manacles
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noun-handcuffs
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Manacle
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Verb-to handcuff
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Manager
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Noun-one who handles business affairs
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Manipulate
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Verb-to skillfully operate by hand
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Maneuver
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Noun-a training excersize; practice movements
Verb-to manipulate or manage with skill
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Mandate
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Noun-an order or command placed in one's hands
Verb-to order or require
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Emancipate
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Verb-to release from ones hands; to free
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Malevolent
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Adj.-bad or harmful, producing death; describing a person
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Malapropism
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Noun-an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similiar in sound
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Malicious
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Adj.-mean and evil
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Malodorous
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Adj.-bad-smelling
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Malady
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Noun-a bad health condition, a disease
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Malaria
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Noun-illness spread by mosquitoes
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Malediction
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Noun-bad speech; a curse
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Malefactor
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Noun-one who does wrong; a villian
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Malignant
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Adj.-bad or harmful; producing death; exstremely deadly
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Malpractice
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Noun-peforming one's duty in a bad or wrong way
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Gene
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Noun-a biological unit of material passed from parent to child that determines which traits the child will inherit
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Congenital
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Adj.-means "occurring at birth" and is often used to describe medical conditions
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Progeny
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Noun-are the offspring of living organisms
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Generate
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Verb-means to bring into existence or to make happen
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Genre
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Noun-mean type, class or category
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Generic
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Adj.-like all the others in a category or class
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Survive
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Verb-to live through
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Revive
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Verb-to bring back to life
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Vivid
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Adj.-lifelike
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vivacious
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adjective - lively in spirit or temper; full of life
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mortal
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adjective - able to die
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immortal
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adj - unable to die
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mortify
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verb - to embarass someone so much that he or she wished to die
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morbid
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adj - means sick or unhealthy in thought or desire
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cardiologist
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noun - someone who studies the heart
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cardiovascular
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adj - relates to the network by which the heart transports blood throughout the body
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epidermis
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noun - the outside layer of skin
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dermatology
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noun - study of skin
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hemorrhage
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verb - to bleed excessively
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prenatal
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adj - occurring before birth
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neonatal
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adj - having to do with a newborn
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luminous
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adj - filled with light
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luminary
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noun - a person who is very inspiring or influencial
noun - an object that gives off light
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immobile
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Adj.-unable to move
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illuminate
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verb - to light up
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lucid
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adj - clear; easy to understand
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elucidate
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verb - to make clear
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projectile
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noun - an object that is thrown or propelled
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eject
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verb - to throw out
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interject
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verb - to cut in; to break the flow
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dejected
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adj - downcast or sad
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Mobile
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Adj. able to move
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Remove
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Verb-to change position or to take away
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Remote
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Adj.-distant; far away
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Motive
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Noun-a persons reason for doing something; a reason
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Motivate
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Verb-urge into action
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Grave
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Adj.-gloomy; causing heaviness of spirit; serious
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Gravitate
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verb-to cause or move forward
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Aggravate
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Verb-to make worst or more serious
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Pendulum
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Noun-an object that hangs down and swings in a regular motion; like a bell
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Pendant
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Noun-a necklace
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Appendix
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Noun-a section of the end of a book that contains extra material
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Pending
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Adj.-hanging or waiting (for a decision to be made)
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Pensive
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Adj. deep in thought; worried
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Artisan
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Noun-a craftsperson of pottery, carpentry, brick working or textiles
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Artificial
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Adj.-created or invented; not natural or genuine
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Artifice
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a deception or mask; fake
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Adorn
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Verb-to decorate
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Ornate
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Adj.-highly decorated or intricate
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Adapt
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Verb-to adjust to one's enviroment
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Aptitude
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Noun-the suitability for a particular subject or activity
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Inept
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Adj.-not suited for something; incompetent
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Adept
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Adj.-skillful
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Apt
Definition
Adj.-fitting r suitable
Adj.-likely
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Covey
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Noun-a brood or small flock
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Feinted
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verb-to deceive with an action calculated to divert attention from one's real purpose; fake action to trick
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Pulque
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Noun-a fermented milky drink made from juice of certain speces of agave on mexico
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plaintively
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Adverb-expressing sorrow or sadness
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Bougainvillea
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Noun-any of several South American woody shrubs or vines with colorful flowers
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Indigent
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Adj.-lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished
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Subsequent
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Adj.-occurring or coming later or after
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estuary
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Noun-that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide
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Bulwark
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Noun-any protection against external danger, injury, or annoyance
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Poultice
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Noun-a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body
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Mirage
Definition
something illusory, without substance or reality
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Undulating
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Adj.-wavy
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Hummock
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Noun-an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region
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Speculatively
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Adverb-inquisitive interest
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Incandescence
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Noun-the emission of visible light
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Judisious
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Adj.-marked by the excersize of good judgment or common sense
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Semblance
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Noun-an assumed or unreal appearance; show
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precipitated
Definition
Verb-to bring about suddenly
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Lucent
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Adj.-shining
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Disparagement
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Noun-something that derogates or casts in a bad light
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Prophecy
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Noun-the foretelling or prediction of what is to come
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Transfigured
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Verb-to change in outward form or appearance
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Benediction
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Noun-a blessing
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Subjugation
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Noun-enslavement
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dissembling
Definition
Verb-to conceal one's true motives, thoughts, etc.
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Furtive
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Adj.-sly; shiftly
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Cozened
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Verb-to mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; to deceive
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Countenanced
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Verb-to permit or tolerate
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Stalwart
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Adj.-sturdy and robust
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Legerdemain
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Noun-sleight of hand; majic tricks
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Spurned
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Verb-to reject disdainfully or contemptuously
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Lethargy
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Noun-a state of laziness or inactivity
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Skirled
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Verb-to produce a high, shrill, wailing tone
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exhilaration
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Noun-the state of being stimulated, refreshed, or elated
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Keening
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Adj.-a wailing lament for the dead
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Leprosy
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Noun-a chronic, contagious disease
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Sinister
Definition
Adj.-threatening evil, harm, or trouble
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Guttural
Definition
Adj.-harsh, throaty
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Monolithic
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Adj.-characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity; Big
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Irresolution
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Noun-lack of decision or purpose
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escarpment
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Noun-a long, cliff like ridge of land
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Petulant
Definition
Adj.-showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance
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Intercession
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Noun-a prayer of pleading on behalf of another person
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Germane
Definition
Adj.-closely related, relevant
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