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English
8th Grade
02/21/2014

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boisterousness
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rough and noisy (sound, waves,weather)
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chaotic
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disordered
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complacency
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a feeling of quiet pleasure or security
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dynamic
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energetic or effective action
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restive
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restless, uneasy, stubborn
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static
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showing little or no change, lack of movement
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steadfast
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fixed direction
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tranquility
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calmness, peacefulness
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velocity
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rapidity of motion, swiftness, speed
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confines
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limit or restrict, to shut or keep in
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delineate
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describe or out line
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demarcation
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making the boundaries of something by politics
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distend
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to expand, swell
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embody
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to include
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gerrymander
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the dividing of a state into election districts
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impinge
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to make a impression, have an effect or impact
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omnipresent
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present everywhere at the sometime
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penetrate
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to pierce or pass into
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proximity
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nearness of something
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blockade
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surrounding of a place
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coup
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a highly successful unexpected act
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indestructibility
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cant be destroyed
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martial
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warlike, disposed to war
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omnipotent
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almighty or infinitive power (God)
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robust
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strong, healthy , strongly built
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stable
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a building for lodging and feeding horses
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staunch
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firm or steadfast in principal or loyalty
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vulnerability
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capable of being hurt by a weapon
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withstand
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to stand or holdout against , resist
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