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gr 8 - ch 13 definitions
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8th Grade
04/23/2013
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adapt
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to adjust or change to suit conditions
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attest
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to bear witness
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attest
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to affirm to be true or genuine
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dovetail
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to fit together exactly
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dovetail
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to connect so as to form a whole
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dovetail
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a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail
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enormity
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the quality of exceeding all moral bounds
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enormity
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an exceedingly evil act
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enormity
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huge size
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enormity
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immensity
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falter
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to hesitate
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falter
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to stumble
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falter
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to lose courage
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falter
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to speak hesitatingly
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falter
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to lose drive
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falter
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to weaken
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falter
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to decline
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foreboding
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a warning or feeling that something bad will happen
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foreboding
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marked by fear
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foreboding
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ominous
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forlorn
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totally abandoned and helpless
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forlorn
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sad and lonely
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forlorn
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wretched or pitiful
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forlorn
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almost hopeless
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haughty
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chillingly proud and scornful
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impediment
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a physical defect
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impediment
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a hindrance
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impediment
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obstacle
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imperative
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necessary
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imperative
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urgent
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imperative
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a form of a verb expressing a command
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imperative
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that which is necessary or required
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loiter
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to linger in an aimless way
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loiter
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to hang around
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loiter
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to dawdle
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malinger
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to pretend illness to avoid duty or work
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malinger
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to lie down on the job
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pithy
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short but full of meaning and point
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plunder
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to rob by force, especially during wartime
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plunder
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to seize wrongfully
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plunder
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property stolen by force
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simper
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to smile or speak in a silly, forced way
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simper
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a silly, forced smile
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steadfast
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firmly fixed
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steadfast
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constant
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steadfast
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not moving or changing
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vaunted
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much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
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vilify
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to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
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waif
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a person (usually a child) without a home or friend
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waif
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a stray person or animal
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waif
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something that comes along by chance
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waif
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a stray bit
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wry
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twisted
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wry
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turned to one side
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wry
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cleverly and often grimly humorous
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