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Birkland # 12
Birkland test study
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English
12th Grade
03/04/2010

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abnegate
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to give up; renounce
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abortive
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failing to accomplish an intended object; fruitless
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apogee
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the point in the orbit of the moon or statelight; farthest or highest point
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cadaver
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a dead body, especially one intended for dissection
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cerebral
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relate to the brain, not emotional
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coma
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a state of deep uncosciousness
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eminent
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rise above others, distiguish
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ghoul
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a grave robber, or fearing monster
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imminent
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about to occur
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immune
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not affected by a given influence
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implicit
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implied or understood though not directly expressed
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incisive
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penetrating, clear, and sharp, and acute
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incumbent
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imposed as an obligation or duty
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indulgent
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showing, characterized lenient, whims
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infringe
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to violate to excite the limits on
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instigate
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to cause by incity, to urge
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itinerary
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planned route
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lassitude
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listlessness, weariness
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milieu
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a particular or social environment with event
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nadir
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the lowest point
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nuptials
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wedding
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paragon
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a model of excellence; a peerless example
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perquisite
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a extra benefits than earnings
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protocol
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the forms of ceremony and edicate seemly explained and observed by diplomates
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refractory
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failing to yield to treatment
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sanguine
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healthy cheerful and optimistic
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staid
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lacking flaboance, restrained, abstay
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symbiotic
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two different organisms working together
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tyro
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noob! begineer ( I negate that fool =] )
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zenith
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point of culmination
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