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Mr. Boyd's 7.5
Rincon
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English
7th Grade
03/29/2009
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bouts
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matches; contests
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dispelled
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driven away
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evading
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escaping or avoiding
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frenzied
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wild
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gnawing
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causing persistent worry
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pensively
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thoughtfully
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tenement
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apartment
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torrent
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flood or rush
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assured
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left no doubt
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astounded
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astonished; bewildered
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contraption
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gadget or device
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formidable
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arousing fear, dread, oralarm
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radiant
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glowing; filled with light
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reassuring
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restoring confidence in
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recitations
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oral delivery of prepared lessons
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survey
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inspected carefully
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alliance
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pact between people or groups of people
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arrogant
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overly convinced of one's own importance
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forfeiting
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giving something up; usually because of force of some kind
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intolerable
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unbearable
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jurisdiction
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legal control
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monarch
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sole or absolute leader
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monopoly
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exclusive control of a market
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stupor
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loss of sensibility; dullness
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convoluted
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difficult to resolve or analyze
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deprivation
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to cause loss
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florid
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flowery
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persecution
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extermination
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refuge
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place of shelter
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refugee
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one who flees
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rococo
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ornate in speech or literary style
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transition
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movement from one position to another
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