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9th Grade
03/06/2010

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Allude
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(v) to refer to casually or indirectly
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Clairvoyant
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(adj) supernaturally perceptive (n) on who possesses extrasensory powers, seer
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Conclusive
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(adj) serving to settle an issue, final
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Disreputable
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(adj) not respectable
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Endemic
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(adj) native or confined to a particular region of people
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Exemplary
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(adj) worthy of imitation, commendable, serving as a model
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Fathom
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(v) to understand, get to the bottom of
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Guile
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(n)treacherous cunning
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Interity
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(n) honesty, high moral standards
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Itinerary
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(n) a route of travel
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Misconstrue
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(v)to interpret wrongly
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Obnoxious
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(adj) highly offensive, arousing stong dislike
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Placate
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(v) to appease
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Placid
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(adj) calm, peaceful
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Plagiarism
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(n) passing off or using as one's own the writing of another person
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Potent
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(adj) powerful, highly effective
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Pretext
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(n) a false reason
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Protrude
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(v) to stick out, thrust forth
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Stark
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(adj) harsh, unrelieved (adv) utterly
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Superficial
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(adj) on or near the surface, shallow
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