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Vocab: Semester 1
vocab semester 1
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English
9th Grade
10/04/2009
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taciturn
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silent: choosing not to speak
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indigenous
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native
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auspicious
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favorable
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benign
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kind: not harmful
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venue
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location
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impudent
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rude: disrespectful
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congenital
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existing at birth
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perpetrated
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committed: be guilty of
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contraband
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prohibited things: illegal goods
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communal

 

 

[[reminding word: community]]

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shared by the group
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demise
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death
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teeming
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very crowded
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perjury
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a lie under oath
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invalid
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too ill to live a normal life
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imminent
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about to occur
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doggedness
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persistance : stubbornness
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precariously
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insecurely : in a dangerous way
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exotic
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excitingly strange
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aghast
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filled with shock or horror
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exorbitant
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much too much
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askew
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crooked : to one side
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prospects
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chances or possibilities
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pauper
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a poor person
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gamut
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the entire range or series
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tangible
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capable of being touched or felt
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amenity
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something that adds to ones comfort or convenience
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deplorable
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deeply regrettable : unfortunate
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droll
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amusingly odd or funny
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zealous
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intensely devoted and enthusiastic
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affable
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friendly : easy to talk to
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condone
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to overlook : forgive : or disregard
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elude
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to escape, especially by means of daring, cleverness or skill
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imperative
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absolutely necessary
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uncanny
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so remarkable as to seem supernatural
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vial
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a small bottle
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vile
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gross and disgusting
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festering
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rotting
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boisterous
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loud and rowdy
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intrusion
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an unwelcome interruption
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nuptial
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marriage or wedding
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transgressions
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sings : wrongdoings
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valiant
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brave
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adversary
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opponent or enemy
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shroud
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burial cloth
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valor
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bravery
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distraught
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upset : worried
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martyr
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one who dies for one's beliefs
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lament
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to mourn
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dirge
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funeral song
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conjure
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to summon as if by magic
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rite
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ceremony
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dexterity
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skill : especially with the hands
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calamity
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disaster
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invocation
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prayer
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hurtling

 

 

[[reminding word: hurdlling]]

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rushing violently
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tumult
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uproar, commotion, a violent disorder
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accost
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to approach in an aggressive or hostile manner
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repose
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to lie dead or at rest
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fetter
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to restrain with chains or shackles
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implore
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to beg : earnestly ask for
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subside
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to become less agitated or active
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undulation
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a wavelike shape
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apathetically
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with little interest or emotion
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appease
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to soothe angry feelings
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