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Mrs. Heinicke's Semester 1 Vocab Words
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English
9th Grade
12/16/2010

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Amenities
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n. features of luxury that provide comfort and pleasure
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Debacle
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n. utter failure, sudden downfall
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Blunder
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v. to move or act blindly, or without direction.
n. a mistake caused by stupidity
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Boisterous
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adj. noisy, rough, rowdy
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interminable
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adj. unending
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poise
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n. self assurance, ease of manner
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taciturn
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adj. not talkative
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cessation
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n. stopping, either forever or for some time
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impetous
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adj. sudden or rash, taking risks, reckless
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delusion
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n. a false belief held in spite of evidence to the contrary
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imminent
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adj. about to happen, threatening
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apathetic
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adj. having or showing little emotion, not interested
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animosity
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n. feeling of strong dislike, ill will
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prodigious
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adj. enormous, huge amazing
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formidable
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adj. exciting fear by strength or size, hard to overcome
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essence
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n. most necessary part, fundamental nature or CORE.
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lurk
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v. to sneak about , to be hidden
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obliterate
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v. to destroy completely, to demolish, to remove all traces of
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ludicrous
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adj. laughable, ridiculous
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erratic
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adj. having no fixed course, inconsistent
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retain
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v. to hold in possession or use, to keep
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dexterity
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n. a mental skill or quickness, ESPIACALLY with the hands.
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invoke
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v. to call upon for help or support, to call forth by incantation
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superficial
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adj. not thorough, shallow
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innately
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adv. inherently, natively, belonging to an individual since birth
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