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Holt Vocabulary 1 and 2
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English
9th Grade
09/30/2010

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probable
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adj. likely to be true or to happen
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ruthless
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adj. without pity;cruel;hardhearted
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epidemic
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n. a sudden, widespread outbreak, usually an infectious disease; adj. breaking out and spreading quickly
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myriad
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n. an indefinitely great or vast number; adj. countless, innumerable
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appalling
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adj. causing shock, horror or dismay
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romantic
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adj. having to do with love or adventure; appealing to the imagination; fanciful and unrealistic; n. a person who demonstrates these qualities
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eminent
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adj. high in rank or reputation; distinguished; outstanding or noteworthy
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picturesque
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adj. suggesting a picture; strikingly vivid; charming or quaint to look at
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intentional
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adj. done on purpose; deliberate
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contagious
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adj. easily spread from person to person
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knoll
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n. a small, rounded hill; a mound
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calamity
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n. a disaster; any happening that causes great distress or misery
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deceive
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v. to mislead or delude someone, as by lying; to trick
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sincerity
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n. the quality or condition of being sincere; honesty; genuineness
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baffle
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v. to perplex; to frustrate, hinder or interfere with
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barbarism
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n. uncivilized, brutal behavior; cruelty; a nonstandard word or expression
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abuse
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v. to misuse; to injure or damage through maltreatment; n. a misuse; cruel treatment or words
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novelty
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n. something new or unusual; an innovation; newness; originality
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bewilder
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v. to confuse terribly; to puzzle
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folklore
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n. unwritten stories, customs, sayings and traditional beliefs of a culture; the study of these
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