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10th Grade
12/16/2014
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Pinnacle
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a high peak
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Premediated
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consider before hand
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rampant
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growing without check
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solace
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comfort or relief
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stately
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digified and majestic
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supple
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bend easily
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supress
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to stop by force
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venal
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open to or mark to bribery or corruption
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ominous
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unfavorable or threatening or bad omen
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musty
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out of date, moldy
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ironic
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suggesting an incongrentity of what might be expected and what actually happens
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inopportunity
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coming at a bad time
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extrirpate
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to tear by the roots
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explicit
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define clearly and cleary stated
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destitute
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deprived of the neccessities of life
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deft
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skillful and nimble
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compromise
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to include or contain
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brandish
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to wave in a menacing or vigiorus fashion
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accede
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to yield too
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altruistic
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unselfish...consider with the welfare of others
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assent
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to express agreement
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benefactor
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one who does good for others
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chivalrous
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march by honor and courage
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clemency
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mercy and humaness and mildness
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dearth
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a lack of or inadquent
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diffident
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shy or lacking self confidence
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discrepancy
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a difference or lack of agreement
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embark
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to go abroad or make a start
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facile
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easily done or obtained
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indomitable
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unconquerable
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infallible
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Free from error
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plod
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to walk heavily
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pungent
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causing a sharp sensation
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remiss
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careless neglectful performance
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repose
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to rest place
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temerity
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rashness boldness
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truclent
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fierce and cruel aggressive
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unfeighned
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sincere real
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virulent
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extremly poisonous
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abhor
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to regard with horror; to hate deeply
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amend
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to change in a formal way
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buffet
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t slap or cuff, to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows
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chaos
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great confusion or disorder
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commodious
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roomy, spacious
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corrosive
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eating away gradually, bitterly sarcastic
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discern
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to see clearly...Jimmy Cliffe
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extant
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still existing, not exterminated
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implicate
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to involve in, to connect with or be related to
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inter
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to bury, commit to earth
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian, Mrs. Montomgery :(
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obviate
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to anticipate and prevent
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renegade
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one who leaves a group, a seserter, outlaw
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reprehensible
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deserving blame or punishment...

it is reprehensible that teacher dont post their grades
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squalid
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fitly, wretched, debased
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waive
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to do without,

he waived his rights for a trial
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voluminous
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of great size, writing or speaking at great length
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vociferous
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loud or noisy
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turbulent
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disorderly, stormy, or violent
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somber
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dark, gloomy
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