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First 25 Analogies/Vocabulary
Test Friday
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Language - English
5th Grade
01/19/2010

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Term
Make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients
Definition
Concuct
Term
Pleasantly smooth or soft; free from harshness
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Mellow
Term
A low house, with a broad front porch, having either no upper floor or upper rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows
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BUNGALOW
Term
Use up the supply of; exhaust the abundance of
Definition
DEPLETE (DELETE)
Term
Very hot and dry
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TORRID
Term
A machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe
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CONTRAPTION
Term
Drain (someone) of their physical or mental resources; tire out
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EXHAUST
Term
Not certain or fixed; provisional
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TENTATIVE
Term
A small boat for recreation or racing, especially an open boat with a mast and sails
Definition
DINGHY
Term
Authority or urgently call on (someone) to be present, especially as a defendant or witness in a law court
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SUMMON
Term
Having or showing the symptoms of a fever
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FEVERISH
Term

1. Make by mixing it with hot water

2. Begin to develop

Definition
BREW
Term
Close into a tight ball, especially when feeling extreme anger
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CLENCH
Term
Split
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Cleft
Term
lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy
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lackadaisical 
Term
A small settlement, generally one smaller than a village 
Definition
hamlet
Term
Think about deeply and at length
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mull
Term
affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic 
Definition
lethargic
Term

1. split or sever especially along a natural line or grain

2. split by breaking a particular chemical bond

3. make a way through forcefully, as if by splitting it apart

Definition
cleave
Term

1. assemble, especially for inspection or in preparation for battle

2. collect or assemble 

Definition
muster
Term
no longer existing or functioning 
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defunct
Term
serving as a temporary substitute; sufficient for the time being
Definition
makeshift
Term
break or burst
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rupture
Term

1. small loose particles of stone or sand

2. courage and resolve; strength of character

3. clench (the teeth) especially in order to keep one's face resolve when faced with an unpleasant or painful duty

Definition
grit
Term

1. a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively

2. an action or strategy that may be adopted in adverse circumstances

Definition
resource 
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