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351-400 -_- *sigh*
hmm a boring end to a boring day
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English
10th Grade
12/07/2008

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advent
Definition
a coming into being or use
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anthology
Definition
a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
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ardor
Definition

extreme vigor or energy

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assiduous
Definition
marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
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aural
Definition
of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing
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berth
Definition
a place to sit or sleep especially on a ship or vehicle
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bevy
Definition
a large group or collection
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callous
Definition
feeling no sympathy for others
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censure
Definition
to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy
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coddle
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to treat with extreme care

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condole
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to express sympathetic sorrow
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drone
Definition
one who lives off the labor of others
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drove
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a large number
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ebb
Definition
to fall from a higher to a lower level or from a better to a worse state
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egotism
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an exaggerated sense of selfimportance
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facilitate
Definition
to make easier
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felicitate
Definition
to make happy
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fend
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to keep or ward off
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glade
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an open space surrounded by woods
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hovel
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a small, wretched, and often dirty house

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indigence
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a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and conforts of life are wholly lacking
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languor
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weakness or weariness of body or mind
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lash
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to strike or beat with or as if with a whip
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martyr
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a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
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moor
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to secure a boat by mooring (anchor)

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nonentity

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a person of little consequence or significance

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opulence
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Wealth, Affluence
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oratory
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the art of speaking in public eloquently or effectively
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palatable
Definition
agreeable or acceptable to the mind
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perfidy
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an act or an instance of disloyalty

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podunk
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a small, unimportant, and isolated town
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pommel
Definition
Pound, Beat
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posthumorous
Definition
following or occurring after death
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redress
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to make up for
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refuse
Definition
the worthless or useless part of something
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restitution
Definition
legal action serving to cause restoration of a previous state
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rhetoric
Definition
the art of speaking or writing effectively
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rife
Definition

prevalent especially to an increasing degree.

 

Abundant, Common

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slake
Definition
to lessen the force of
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slothful
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inclined to sloth

 

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stifle
Definition
to cut off
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stratosphere
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a very high or the highest region on or as if on a graded scale

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subterranean
Definition
being, lying, or operating under the  surface of the earth
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vacillate

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hesitate in choice of opinions or courses

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venerate
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to regard with reverentail respect or with admiring deference
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virile
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having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree
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voluble
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characterized by ready or rapid speech
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wallop

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to beat by a wide margin
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wan
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suggestive of poor health
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wane
Definition
to diminish in phase or intensity
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