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The Red words are VERBS; The Blue words are NOUNS; and The Purple words are Adjectives.
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English
11th Grade
12/03/2013

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Audacious
Definition
extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless
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Avid
Definition
showing great enthusiasm for or interest in
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Chic
Definition
attractive and fashionable; stylish:
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Clever
Definition
mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
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Cryptic
Definition
mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous
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Cynical
Definition
distrusting or disparaging the motives of others;
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Durable
Definition
able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring.
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Finesse
Definition
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill,discrimination, taste, etc.
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Flimsy
Definition
without material strength or solidity:
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Frumpy
Definition
dowdy, drab, or unattractive
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Gullible
Definition
easily deceived or cheated.
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Idealistic
Definition
a person who tends to represent things in their ideal forms, rather than as they are
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Impeccable
Definition
faultless; flawless; irreproachable:
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Incendiary
Definition
used or adapted for setting property on fire:
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Lurid
Definition
glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking:
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Naïve
Definition
having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information;
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Obscure
Definition
(of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, oruncertain:
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Obtuse
Definition
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
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Obvious
Definition
easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident:
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Petulant
Definition
moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance:
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Pompous
Definition
characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance:
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Pungent
Definition
sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
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Quizzical
Definition
odd, queer, or comical.
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Rakish
Definition
smart; jaunty; dashing:
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Rapacious
Definition
given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
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Repugnant
Definition
distasteful, objectionable, or offensive:
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Spacious
Definition
containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
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Subtle
Definition
thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
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Urgent
Definition
compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing:
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Calibrate
Definition
to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
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Consume
Definition
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
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Cultivate
Definition
to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
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Debase
Definition
to lower in rank, dignity, or significanc
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Debunk
Definition
to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated:
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Emphasize
Definition
to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress:
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Enact
Definition
to make into an act or statute:
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Enumerate
Definition
to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one;specify, as in a list:
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Fortify
Definition
to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
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Gurgle
Definition
to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current:
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Justify
Definition
to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right
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Warble
Definition
to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments:
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Angst
Definition
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
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Archaeology
Definition
the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures
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Clan
Definition
a group of people of common descent; family
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Cliché
Definition
a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse,
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Debacle
Definition
a complete collapse or failure.
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Debate
Definition
a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints:
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Debut
Definition
the first appearance of something, as a new product.
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Edifice
Definition
a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
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Halitosis
Definition
a condition of having offensive-smelling breath; bad breath.
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Hermit
Definition
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
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Idol
Definition
any person or thing regarded with blind admiration, adoration,or devotion:
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Monarchy
Definition
supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.
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Panache
Definition
a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair:
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Paranoia
Definition
baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others.
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Token
Definition
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.;
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Trilogy
Definition
a group of three related things.
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Tundra
Definition
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
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Vista
Definition
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
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