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Vocab--8th Honors
Unit 1-8 vocabs
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8th Grade
02/21/2011

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importune
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to urge or beg without end
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importunate
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extremely demanding; insistent
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rapport
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a positive relationship
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insufferable
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impossible to bear; intolerable
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preferential
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 giving or showing an advantage to one over another
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conferment
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the act of bestowing; a formal offer
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periphery
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the outermost part or boundary
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euphoria
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a feeling of great happiness or well-being
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congested
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 overcrowded; too tightly packed
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gestate
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 to conceive and develop in the mind or body
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gesticulate
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to make gestures for emphasis
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discomfit
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 to embarrass and confuse
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belabor      
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 to discuss in too much detail

to attack                          

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stanch
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 to stop the flow of
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staunch
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 firm and steadfast
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candid
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 open and sincere
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candor
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frankness or sincerity of expressions; openness
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malinger
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to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something
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malaise
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a sense of unease; depression
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plaintive
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sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness
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plaint
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a lament or complaint
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vigilant
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 on the alert; watchful
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vigilante
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someone who takes law enforcement into his or her own hands
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auspices
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protection or suppor; pantronage
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auspicious
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followed by favorable circumstances
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