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Vocab List #1: Best Guess Sheet
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English
8th Grade
09/19/2013

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Altruistic
Definition
Showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.
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Antediluvian
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Of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood.
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Amicable
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(Of relations between people) Having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor.
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Anomaly
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Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
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Absconded
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Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft.
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Superannuated
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Old and therefore no longer very effective or useful.
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Abhors
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Regard with disgust and hatred.
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Acrimonious
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(Typically of speech or a debate) Angry and bitter.
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Ambiguous
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(Of language) Open to more than one Interpretation; having a double meaning.
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Somnambulist
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Sleepwalker: someone who walks about in their sleep.
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Magnanimous
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very generous or forgiving, esp. toward A rival or someone less powerful than oneself.
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Misanthrope
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A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
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Altruistic
Definition
Unselfish, devoted to the welfare of others
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