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Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary
Level A Unit 11
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Literature
6th Grade
03/09/2009
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alias
 Definition
an assumed name
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amble
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to walk slowly
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burly
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big and strong
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distort
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to give a false or misleading account of
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dogged
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stubbornly determined
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dumbfounded
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so amazed that one is unable to speak
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extinct
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no longer in existence
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fossil
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The preserved remains or traces of an organism that live in the past.
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grit
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very fine sand or gravel
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inevitable
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sure to happen
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ingrained
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fixed deeply and firmly
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meteroric
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resembling a meteor of speed, having a sudden and temperrary brillians to a meteor's
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parody
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a humorous or ridiculous imitation
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prevail
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to triumph over
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rend
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to tear in pieces
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replenish
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to fill again
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rummage
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to search through
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skimp
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to save
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sleuth
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a detective
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vandalism
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deliberate and pointless destruction of public property
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