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Word Wealth Unit 7 words
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English
9th Grade
11/30/2009

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acute
Definition
sharp, severe, perceptive
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discernment
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clear seeing
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astuteness
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shrewdness or mental sharpness
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erratic
Definition
irregular, wandering, having no fixed course;large rock deposited by a glacier
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errare
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to wander
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err
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to wander from the path of virtue, duty or truth
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errant
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in midevil times was a wandering knight
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abberration
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mental disarrangement or a deviation or error in scientific observation
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exorbitant
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excessive, unreasonable (in what one asks)(applies mainly to prices, values and qualities)
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exultant
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joyful, jubilant
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jubilation
Definition
wholehearted rejoicing
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jubilee
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a celebration, a time or occasion of rejoicing
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jocund
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manner is cheerful and gay
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implicit
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unquestioning, implied
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inane
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senseless, empty
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inert
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inactive or lifeless
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passive
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lazy relaxed in the sense of not wanting to lead or do
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indolent
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lazy and thus inactive
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dormant
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condition is literally a temporary condition of inactivity like sleep
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listless
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manner is indifferent, uninterested, or languid
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inferior
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low(er) in place or quality
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ersatz
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a substitute, inferior
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infernal
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hellish, fiendish
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diabolic(al)
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devilish, fit only for, or devised by, a devil
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execrable
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bad, ugly, hellish-literally, worthy of curses
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execrations
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curses
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fugitive
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one who flees, a runaway
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refugee
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one who flees from home or homeland to escape some human or natural disaster
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elusiveness
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a quality that makes a fugitive hard to catch
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evasiveness
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skill in dodging something (ex. a comment)
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indignation
Definition
justifiable anger
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pique
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mildest form of anger
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vexation
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strong annoyance, milder that anger
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resentment
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restrained, slow-burning anger
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exasperation
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intense irriation, often violent
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wrath
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rage, fury, or intense anger
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animosity
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strong hostility, usually personal
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insolence
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insulting behavior, impudence
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obeisance
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a bow or curtsy, respect
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curtsy
Definition
a once popular womans salutation,a dipping of the body
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genuflection
Definition
knee-bending in worship
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salaam
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a Middle-Eastern greeting in which one bows very lowly
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kow-tow
Definition
Chinese kind of obeisance
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repose
Definition
rest, quiet
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repository
Definition
a place of storage for objects, ideas, or materials, esp. of cultural value
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retinue
Definition
a group of attendants
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cortege
Definition
procession of followers or attendants
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convoy
Definition
a protecting escort at sea
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sanction
Definition
approval, authorization
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warrant
Definition
offical approval or order by a government agency for an expenditure
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dispensation
Definition
approval by the church of some exception or variation from its rules or laws
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indulgence
Definition
enjoyment, satisfaction, or leniency, either yours or permitted by you for others
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condonation
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approval of something questionable by seeming to overlook it
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strategy
Definition
skill in maneuvering or planning
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succor
Definition
aid, help
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tyranny
Definition
oppressive or unjust government
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autocrat
Definition
tyrannical person who may dominate something
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dictator
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a tyrant or absolute ruler who ordinarily seizes power and does not transmit it to a successor in a family line
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