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8th Grade
10/09/2012
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Adage
 Definition
wise saying
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bonanza
 Definition
a rish mass
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Churlish
 Definition
unpolite, lacking good manners
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Citadel
 Definition
Someone one or things that overlooks and protects a city
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Collaborate
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To work with, work together
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decree
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Command firmly or focefully, force of law
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discordant
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lacking in harmony
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evolve

 

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to develop gradually
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Excerpt
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a passage taken from the book.
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grope
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 to feel with your hands blindly
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Hover
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to float or hang over someone or thing
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jostle
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to force ones way by pushing
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laggard
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a person who moves slowly
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Plaudits
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applause
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preclude
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prevent or shut out
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revert
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to return, go back
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rubble
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broken stones and bricks, ruins
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Servile
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relating to a slave
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vigil
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a watch
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wrangle
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to argue in an angry noisy way.
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