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Wesclin English I
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19
English
9th Grade
05/12/2006

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asylum
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an institution providing help and care for the insane
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batter
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to beat with successive blows, as to bruise
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blathers
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talks without making sense
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conundrum
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riddle with an answer that involves a pun
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degrade
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to reduce in rank, status, or grade; to demote
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demented
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insane
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harried
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harassed
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imbecile
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a mentally deficient person
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imperial
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majestic; regal
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inconspicuous
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not readily seen or noticed
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indoctrination
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instruction or training to accept a system of thought uncritically
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interim
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a time between events or periods; temporary
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mayhem
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any situation brought on by violence, confusion, noise, or disorder
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momentum
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strength or force gained by motion or through events
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obligation
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promise or feeling of duty; a debt which must be repaid
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simultaneously
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existing or occuring at the same time
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symmetrical
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able to be divided into balanced proportions
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vermillion
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a bright reddish-orange
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wan
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suggestive of poor health; sickly
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