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Night DTW 3
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English
10th Grade
01/26/2011

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Insinuate
Definition
To suggest or hint slyly
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Billet
Definition
A place assigned; appointment, position
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Rescind
Definition
To revoke, repeal, withdraw
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Surreptitious
Definition
Characterized by fraud or misrepresentation of the truth
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Irrevocably
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Not able to be revoked, changed, or undone; unalterable
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Hermetically
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Sealed so as to be airtight
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Abyss
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As a bottomless pit
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Tumult
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A loud confused noise, as of a crowd; commotion
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Notorious
Definition
Well-known for some bad or unfavourable quality, deed
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Interspersed
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To scatter here and there
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Lucidity
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Readily understood; clear
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Harangued
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A long, passionate, and vehement speech,one delivered before a public gathering
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Poignant
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Keen or strong in mental appeal; pungent to the smell
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Wizened
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Withered; shriveled
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Altruistic
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A non-selfish act
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Cynical
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Bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.
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Dissipated
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Indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute
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Imprudent
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Not prudent; rash, heedless, or indiscreet
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Sabotage
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The deliberate destruction, disruption
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Untenable
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Incapable of being maintained, defended, or vindicated
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Emanciated
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Abnormally thin
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Apathy
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Absence of interest in or enthusiasm for things generally considered interesting or moving;unemotional
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Grimace
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An ugly or distorted facial expression, as of wry humour, disgust
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Excruciating
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Unbearably painful; agonizing
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Disheveled
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Unkempt; untidy
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