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English
9th Grade
01/16/2010

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Abscond
Definition
run away
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Abstracted
Definition
lost in thought
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Accost
Definition
approach and speak first to a person
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Aghast
Definition
horrified
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Appalled
Definition
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
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Assiduous
Definition
marked by care and persistent effort
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Benevolence
Definition
an act intending or showing kindness and good will
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Blighted
Definition
suffering from a disease; destroyed
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Blunt
Definition
having a broad or rounded end
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Carbine
Definition
light automatic rifle
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Careen
Definition
pitching dangerously to one side
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Catacombs
Definition
underground burial place
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Cataleptic
Definition
of a state of temporary unconsciousness and muscle rigidity
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Chimerical
Definition
produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
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Communion
Definition
sharing thoughts and feelings
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Compulsory
Definition
required by rule
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Compunction
Definition
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
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Condone
Definition
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
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Conscription
Definition
compulsory military service, draft
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Converge
Definition
come together so as to form a single product
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Council
Definition
a body serving in an administrative capacity
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Craven
Definition
cowardly; a coward
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Dank
Definition
unpleasantly cool and humid
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Defaced
Definition
having the surface damaged or disfigured
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Deplorable
Definition
bad
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Derisive
Definition
abusing vocally
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Despotic
Definition
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule, tyrant
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Discern
Definition
detect with the senses
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Disconsolate
Definition
sad beyond comforting
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Disdainful
Definition
expressing extreme contempt
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Distraught
Definition
deeply agitated especially from emotion
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Diverting
Definition
providing enjoyment
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Doggedness
Definition
persistent determination
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Duly
Definition
rightfully
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Ecstasy
Definition
a state of elated bliss
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Eruption
Definition
bursting out
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Explicit
Definition
precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
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Fetter
Definition
to put on shackles or restrict motion
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Fusillade
Definition
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
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Gamut
Definition
the whole range or extent
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Glade
Definition
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
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Haggard
Definition
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
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Imminent
Definition
About to occur
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Impelled
Definition
urged or forced to action through moral pressure
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Imperative
Definition
absolutely necessary; vitally important
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Imperceptibly
Definition
not aware throughout the senses; to not notice; to not understand or comprehend
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Imperial
Definition
like an emperor or an empire
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Imperious
Definition
able to deal authoritatively with affairs
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Implore
Definition
call upon in supplication, beg
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Imprudence
Definition
a lack of caution in practical affairs
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Impunity
Definition
freedom from punishment
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Incessantly
Definition
constantly; continually
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Incredulity
Definition
doubt about the truth of something
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Indignation
Definition
a feeling of righteous anger
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Infallibility
Definition
the quality of never making an error
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Infamous
Definition
having an exceedingly bad reputation
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Infamy
Definition
evil fame or public reputation
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Infirmity
Definition
the state of being weak in health or body
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Insatiable
Definition
incapable of being satisfied
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Inscrutable
Definition
difficult to understand
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Insinuatingly
Definition
hinting; suggesting indirectly; implying
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Insolent
Definition
marked by casual disrespect
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Integrity
Definition
moral soundness, honesty
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Intrepid
Definition
invulnerable to fear or intimidation
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Inveterate
Definition
firmly established, long-standing; habitual
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Ironical
Definition
humorously sarcastic or mocking
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Labyrinth
Definition
complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
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Languid
Definition
lacking spirit or liveliness
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Lethargy
Definition
weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
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Livid
Definition
furiously angry
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Melancholy
Definition
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
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Methodical
Definition
characterized by method and orderliness
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Misanthropy
Definition
hatred of mankind
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Moor
Definition
open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
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Obliterated
Definition
reduced to nothingness
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Obscurity
Definition
the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
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Obsequious
Definition
Overly submissive and eager to please
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Palpable
Definition
capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind, tangible
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Pandemonium
Definition
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
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Paragon
Definition
model of excellence or perfection of a kind
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Pauper
Definition
a person who is very poor
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Perceptible
Definition
easily seen or detected
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Plait
Definition
any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
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Plebian
Definition
common, pertaining to the common people
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Pommel
Definition
handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle, saddlebow
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Prelude
Definition
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
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Presentiments
Definition
a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition
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Privation
Definition
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
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Probity
Definition
complete and confirmed integrity
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Prodigious
Definition
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
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Promiscuous
Definition
undiscriminating
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Quarry
Definition
animal hunted or caught for food
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Rawboned
Definition
having a thin and bony physique
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Rendezvous
Definition
a meeting planned at a certain time and place
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Repugnance
Definition
intense aversion, strong dislike
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Requiem
Definition
a Mass celebrated for the dead
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Retribution
Definition
the act of taking revenge
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Ricocheted
Definition
bounced from one or more surfaces
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Roan
Definition
(used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
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Royalists
Definition
A pro-monarchy group that formed in parliment
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Saddlebow
Definition
handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle
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Scruple
Definition
have doubts about
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Self-Possessed
Definition
in control of one self
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Serene
Definition
completely clear and fine
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Suave
Definition
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
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Suffuse
Definition
To fill up from within; to spread throughout
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Sultrier
Definition
(more) hot and humid
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Tangible
Definition
capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind
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Tether
Definition
restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
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Thicket
Definition
a dense growth of bushes
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Torpid
Definition
slow and apathetic
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Unpretentious
Definition
modest; not showy
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Unscathed
Definition
wholly unharmed
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Usurpers
Definition
persons who seize power or office by force or without legal right
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Venerable
Definition
worthy of respect
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Verity
Definition
conformity to reality or actuality, truth
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Vexation
Definition
the act of troubling or annoying someone
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Virtuous
Definition
behaving according to standards of what is right or just
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Zealous
Definition
marked by active interest and enthusiasm
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