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English
9th Grade
09/14/2010

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Palpable
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capable of being touched or felt; obvious; tangible
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Amenity
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things that make you feel comfertable; at ease

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Condone
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to disregard or overlook
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Naive
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having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiallity; oblivious
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Scruple
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an uneasy feeling that keeps us from doing immoral things;  conscience
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Futile
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incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful
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Debacle
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a complete collapse or failure
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Affable
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pleasantly easy to approach and talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite
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Quarry
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game killed in hunt; prey
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Vermillion
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a bright scarlet red
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Imminent
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likely to occur at any moment; impending
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Infallibility
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incapable of error
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Doggedness
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persistant in effort; stubbornly tenacious
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Reiterated
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to repeat; often excessive
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Inscrutable
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not easily understood
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Petulantly
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rude in speech or behavior
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Homage
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respect or reverance paid
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Volition
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a choice or decision made by will
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