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English 9b exam
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English
9th Grade
06/04/2013

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Credible
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Believable
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Diligent
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Hardworking ,industrious ,not lazy
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Ghastly
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Frightful, horrible ; deathly pale
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Lucid
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Easy to understand ,clear , rational, sane
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Prim
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Overly neat , precise , proper or formal ; prudish
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Bondage
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Slavery; any state of being bound or held down
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Supplant
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To take the place of
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Defray
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To pay for
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Hamper
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To hold back
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Adieu
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Farewell
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Bogus
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False , counterfeit
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Obstreperous
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Noisy ,unruly , disorderly
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Perilous
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Dangerous
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Vagrant
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An idle wanderer
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Advent
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An arrival ; a coming into place or view
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Assimilate
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To absorb fully or make one's own
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Inundate
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To flood ,over flow , to overwhelm by numbers
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Flippant
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Lacking in seriousness, disrespectful , saucy
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Rabid
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Furious , violently intense , unreasonably extreme , mad , infected with rabies
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Sparse
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Scattered ; a small amount
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Assurance
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A pledge; freedom from doubt , self-confidence
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Dilate
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To make or become larger or wider ;to expand upon
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Dwindle
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To lessen , diminish
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Remunerate
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To reward , pay , reimburse
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Warp
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To twist out of shape
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