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11th Grade
02/02/2010

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reminiscences
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memories of the past; remembrances, recollections.
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avid
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enthusiastically
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approbation
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official approval and praise
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incipient
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beginning to exist of appear
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anemic
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sickly, weak, and w/o energy
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aura
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distinctive quality about a person, thing, or place
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liable
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likely to
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imbue
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to spread or diffuse through; influence strongly; stain
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evasive
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intentionally vague or ambigous, elusive,slippery
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subsiding
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sinking to normal level; ebbing; waning
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incarnate
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personified
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laconic
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using few words;brief and to the point.
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trepidation
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fear; alarm; panic; apprehension.
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authoritative
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coming from proper authority; dictorial;conclusive
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audacity
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excessive boldness, rashness, daring.
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incredulous
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skeptical;disbelieving.
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raucous
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rowdy and disorderly; unpleasantly loud and harsh
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bewildered
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perplexed; confused; befuddled
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ominously
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menacing; threateningly
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implacable
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impossible to placate, appease, calm, or satisfy.
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