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English 1
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9th Grade
09/25/2014

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Affable
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Friendly
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Amenity
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a desire or useful feature
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Condone
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Accept and Allow
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Deplorable
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Deserving strong condemnation
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Disarming
Definition
Having the effect of allaying suspension
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Droll
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Drollcurious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement
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Elude
Definition
evade or escape from
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Imperative
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of vital importance
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Quarry
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a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted
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Scruple
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a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action
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Solicitously
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anxious or concerned
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Stamina
Definition
the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort
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Tangible
Definition
perceptible by touch
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Uncanny
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strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way
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Zealous
Definition
having or showing zeal
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Careen
Definition
move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction
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Doggedness
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Persistent in Effort
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Exotic
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of a kind not used for ordinary purposes or not ordinarily encountered
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Heresy
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belief or opinion contrary to religion
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Imminent
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about to happen
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Infallibility
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the quality of being infallible
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Invalid
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a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury
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Iridescent
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showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
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Precariously
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Dependent on something beyond someones control
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Reiterate
Definition
Say something again or multiple times
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