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FINAL EXAM WORDS FOR language class
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Language - English
9th Grade
05/31/2009

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voracious
Definition
desiring or consuming great quantities
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Indiscriminate
Definition
choosing at random
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eminent
Definition
of high reputation
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steeped
Definition
soaked, drenched, saturated
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replete
Definition
completely filled with or supplied with
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abound
Definition
to exist in great numbers
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technology
Definition
branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science
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prognosticate
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to predict or fortell a future avent
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automaton
Definition
a robot or a mechanical person
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matron
Definition
an older married woman
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laconic
Definition
expressing much in few words
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throng
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crowd
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intrepid
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brave
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accost
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to approch and speek to
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reticent
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silent
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furtive
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secret, stealthy
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felon
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a person guilty of a crime
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plethora
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axcess
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hapless
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unfortunate
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irate
Definition
angry incensed
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pretext
Definition
an excuse
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fabricate
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to construct or to lie
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adroit
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an excuse
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gesticulate
Definition
move the arms energetically
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vigilant
Definition
watchfull
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avid
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eger
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cajole
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coax
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rudimentary
Definition
elementary
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enhance
Definition
intensify, heighten
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nuance
Definition
slight variaton in meaning or deffonition
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loathe
Definition
to hate
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repremand
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to show sharp disapproval
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lackluster
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dull
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caustic
Definition
sarcastic, giting
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wrest
Definition
take by force
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infamous
Definition
having a bad reputation
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jostle
Definition
to shove hard
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dupe
Definition
a person easo;u trocled
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incipient
Definition
just begining to exist
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inadvertent
Definition
heedless, not attentive
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ominous
Definition
threatening
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tremulous
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quivering
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repudiate
Definition
to reject, or decline
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cessation
Definition
a stopping
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bristle
Definition
stiffen with fear or anger
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euphemism
Definition
a less offensive term
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mundane
Definition
worldly, ordinary, dull
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incongruous
Definition
inappropriate, something that doesn't fit well
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condolence
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pity
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stipulate
Definition
specify
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alacrity
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briskness, lively action
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belligerent
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warlike
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intimidate
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contempt
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feint
Definition
a false attack
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pugnacious
Definition
quarrelsome
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promulgate
Definition
to make known offically
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brash
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impudent
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scoff
Definition
ti sneer at
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belittle
Definition
to make seem less important
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tangible
Definition
having actual form
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laceration
Definition
jaged wound
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castugate
Definition
to correct by punishing
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sordid
Definition
dirty, base
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octogenarian
Definition
person in his or her eighties
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destain
Definition
contempt
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solace
Definition
easing of grief
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aspirant
Definition
candidate for high position
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dregs
Definition
most worthless part
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frenzy
Definition
wild fit
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scurrilous
Definition
coarse
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