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11th Grade
09/15/2010

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Admonish
Definition
to caution or advise against something; to scold mildy; to remind of a duty;
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breach
Definition
an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through
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Brigand
Definition
a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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Circumspect
Definition
careful, cautious
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Commandeer
Definition
to seize for military or official use
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Cumbersome
Definition
clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
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Deadlock
Definition
a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions; to bring to such a standstill
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Debris
Definition
scattered fragments, wreckage
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Diffuse
Definition
to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
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Dilemma
Definition
a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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Efface
Definition
to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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Muddle
Definition
to make a mess of; to get by; a hopeless mess
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opionionated
Definition
stubborn and often unreasonable to in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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Perennial
Definition
lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
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Predispose
Definition
to incline to beforehand
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Relinquish
Definition
to let go, give up
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Salvage
Definition
to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved
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spasmodic
Definition
sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittment
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spurious
Definition
not genuine, not true, not valid
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Unbridled
Definition
uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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adjourn
Definition
to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
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alien
Definition
a citizen of another country; foreign, strange
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comely
Definition
having a pleasing appearance
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compensate
Definition
to make up for; to repay for services
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dissolute
Definition
loose in one's morals or behavior
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erratic
Definition
not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily
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expulsion
Definition
the process of driving or forcing out
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feint
Definition
a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
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fodder
Definition
food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
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fortify
Definition
to strengthen, build up
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illegible
Definition
difficult or impossible to read
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jeer
Definition
to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark of derision
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lucrative
Definition
bringing in money; profitable
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mediocre
Definition
average, ordinary, undistinguished
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proliferate
Definition
to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
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subjugate
Definition
to conquer by force, bring under complete control
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sully
Definition
to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
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tantalize
Definition
to tease, torment by teasing
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terse
Definition
brief and to the point
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unflinching
Definition
firm showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
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Abridge
Definition
to make shorter
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Adherent
Definition
a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to
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Altercation
Definition
an angry argument
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cherubic
Definition
resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
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condone
Definition
to pardon or overlook
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dissent
Definition
to disagree; disagreement
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eminent
Definition
famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
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exorcise
Definition
to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
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fabricate
Definition
to make, manufacture; to make up invent
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irate
Definition
angry
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marauder
Definition
a raider, plunderer
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obesity
Definition
excessive fatness
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pauper
Definition
an extremely poor person
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pilfer
Definition
to steal in small quanities
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rift
Definition
a split, break, beach
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semblance
Definition
a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
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surmount
Definition
to overcome, rise above
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terminate
Definition
to bring to an end
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trite
Definition
commonplace; overused, stale
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usurp
Definition
to seize and hold a position by force or without right
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