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UNIT3 ENGLISH 1
english 1 class
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English
9th Grade
02/25/2009

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allot
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to assign or distribute in shares or protions
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amass
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to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble
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Audacious
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bold, adventourouse, recklessly daring
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comply
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to yeild to a request or command
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devoid
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not have or using, lacking
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elite
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the choice part of a group of people or things
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eli
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grapple
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an iron hook used to grab and hold
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incapacitate
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to deprieve of strength or ability; to make leagally ineligible
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instigate
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to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start incite
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myriad
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in very great numbers
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perspective
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a point of view or general standpoint from which things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearence to the eye of variouse objects at a given time,place, or distance
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relevant
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connected with or related to the matter at hand
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prodigious
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immense; extraodinary in bulk, size, or degree
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skittish
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extremely nervouse and easily frightend; shy or timid; extremely cautiouse; unstable, undependable
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tether
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a rope or chain to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength
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unison
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a sounding together, agreement or accord
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vie
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to complete; to strive for victory or superiorty
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willful
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stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate
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