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Language - English
9th Grade
11/16/2008

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placidly
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calm
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lucid
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easily understood, clear
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fiend
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evil; evil spirits
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obstinacy
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stubborn
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peril
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danger
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dullards
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a mentally dull person; slow
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foe
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enemy, rival
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shoals
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large group/crowd; sandbank
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mandibles
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lower jaw; bird's beak
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tertiary
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third in order/level; third rank
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derisive
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expressing ridicule; mocking; sarcastic
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pandemonium
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chaos, disorder
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initiative
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ability to think and do stuff independently
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referendum
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general vote
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inscrutable
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unclear; easily misunderstood
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disdainful
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lack of resepect; scornful; expressing hatred/contempt
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impunity
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exempt from punishment
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retribution
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penalty, revenge
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borne
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endure
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unredressed
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not addressed; not to seek revenge
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immolation
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kill/offered as a sacrifice (especially through fire)
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feeble
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frail, weak
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precluded
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prevent from happening
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gesticulation
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hand gestures/movements
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fettered
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restained; tied
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implore
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plead or beg
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niche
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a crevice or a corner
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obstinate
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stubborn
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triteness
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staleness; dullness
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hankering
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a yearning
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feral
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untamed
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languid
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indifferent; lacking spirit; lagging from weakness
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adroit
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skilled
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rejoinder
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comeback, reply
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disconcerting
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disturbing, perplexing
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ostentatiously
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pretentiously; showily
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sepulchral
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funereal; somber; of or pertaining to a tomb
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crestfallen
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discouraged; deflated
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lugubrious
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melancholy; doleful
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posse
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a group of followers
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porous
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water permeable; has air-spaces
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audible
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able to hear
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marrow
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fatty bone substance
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invariable
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habitual, constant
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palpitations
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tremors, shivers
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despondent
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hopeless; dejected
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autonomous
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independent
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deleterious
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harmful
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brood
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worry, mull over
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fortnight
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two weeks
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