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8th Grade
02/04/2011

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Discriminating
Definition
differentiating; analytical. noting differences or distinctions with nicety; discerning; perspicacious: a discriminating interpreter of events. having excellent taste or judgment[image]
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Zealot
Definition
A person who shows zeal A fanatic or extremist A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of [image]Jews in Judea
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Surveillance
Definition
To view something, close observation,[image]
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Scrutinize
Definition
To examine closley, observe every detail[image]
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Usurp
Definition
To seize a position of power by force without right.[image]
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Senile
Definition
showing a decline in mental or physical ability due to old age.[image]
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Gravitate
Definition
to have a natural tendency or be attracted too.[image]
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Bevy
Definition
A group of birds. A large group or collection[image]
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Puerile
Definition
something to do with childhood. an immature or childish[image] action.
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Foray
Definition
An attack that happens quickly and suddenly leaving the opponent little time to react.[image]
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Mercenary
Definition
working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
hired to serve in a foreign army, guerrilla organization, etc.

a professional soldier hired to serve in [image]a foreign army
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retinue
Definition
A body of aides and retainers attending an important person, royalty, etc[image]
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Inchoate
Definition
not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.[image]
just begun; incipient
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Recoil
Definition

To draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.

The distance through which a weapon moves after discharching.

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Prodigious
Definition
Extrodinary in size, degree, or skill[image]
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Impel
Definition
To drive or urge forward, propel[image]
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Amorphous
Definition
having no specific shape, formless, unorganized[image]
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Flotsam
Definition
fl[image]oating debris, usless items, beggars of a population
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Wrest
Definition
to take away quckly and violently[image]
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Deter
Definition
to discourage, prevent[image]
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Confiscate
Definition
to seize by authority[image]
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largess
Definition
generous gift giving[image]
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Philanthropy
Definition
manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes. [image]
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Connoisseur

Definition

a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art

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Mawkish
Definition

having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating.

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