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list #2 (A period) english 11
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English
11th Grade
10/05/2007

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brine
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(noun) Water containing salt...
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jocund
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(adj) Cheerful; merry; gay; glad
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odious
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(adj) Deserving or causing hatred. Hateful.
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peerless
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(adj) having no equal; matchless; unrivaled
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sinews
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(noun) Strength; Power; Resilience

tendon-as in a tendon in your body
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surfeited
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(v) To feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust
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vigilance
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(noun) state of quality or being vigilant.
Watchfulness
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abstemious
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(adj) sparing or moderate in eating and drinking
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barren
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(adj) unproductive, unfruitful

(noun) uninhabited winderness
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compensation
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(noun) something given or received as an equivalent for services, debt, loss....
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deity
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(noun) God or godess
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disdain
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(v) to look upon with contempt, despise; scorn
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oracle
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(noun) a divine communication or revelation
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rabble
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(noun) a disorderly crowd, mob
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vexed
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(adj) irritated, annoyed
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chastise
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(v) to discipline, esp by corporal punishment
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discourse
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(noun) communication or thought by words; talk; conversation
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nuptial
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(adj) of or pertaining to marriage
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Promontory
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(noun) a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast
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rapier
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(noun) a small sword, esp of 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting
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