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English I – UDHS 2011 – 2012 – Mrs. Hammond
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Adulation Benevolent Camaraderie Deleterious Jubilation Empathy Fortuitous Haughty Impetuous Longevity
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Adulation (n) high praise Benevolent (adj) friendly, helpful Camaraderie (n) trust, sociability amongst friends Deleterious (adj) harmful, destructive Jubilation (n) joy, celebration Longevity (n) long life Empathy (n) identifying with feelings of others Fortuitous (adj) happening by luck, fortunate Haughty (adj) arrogant, condescending Impetuous (adj) impulsive, acting without thinking
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Aspire Circumstances Drastic Significant Urgent Anguish Devoted Adversity Resilient Superfluous
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Aspire (v) want to do or be something Circumstances (n) facts and connotations that affect a situation Drastic (adj) extreme and sudden Significant (adj) important and meaningful Urgent (adj) needing to be dealt with immediately Anguish (n) strong feeling of misery or distress Devoted (adj) giving your time to something Adversity (n) misfortune, negative turn of events Resilient (adj) quick to recover, bounce back Superfluous (adj) extra, more than enough
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Frantically Intent Intense Perspective Ominous Circuitous Insight Emulate Diligent Antagonist
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Frantically (adj) great urgency, fear Intent (adj) to be determined to do something Intense (adj) very strong Perspective (n) point of view Ominous (adj) threatening, warning of something bad to come Circuitous (adj) indirect, taking the longest route Insight (v) deep understanding Emulate (v) to imitate, follow an example Diligent (adj) careful and hard working Antagonist (n) opponent, person that is against someone/something
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Massacre Rebellion Boast Cordial Idle Traitor Muzzle Skirmish Cholera Hastily
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Massacre (n) violent and cruel killing of a number of people Rebellion (n) resisting authority Boast (v) to praise oneself Cordial (adj) being warm and friendly Idle (adj) not being used or employed Traitor (n) one who commits treason Muzzle (n) the open end of a weapon from which the bullet is fired Skirmish (n) a minor fight between small bodies of troops Cholera (n) any of several diseases marked by vomiting and dysentery Hastily (adj) hurriedly, swiftly, rapidity of motion or action
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Contagious Epidemic Impact Internal Resistance Feasible Expose Vaccine Extensive Laboratory
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Contagious (adj) spreadable by touch or through air Epidemic (n) the rapid spread of a disease among many people Impact (n) an effect or result Internal (adj) inside something, like your body Resistance (n) the ability to fight off or overcome something Feasible (adj) possible Expose (v) to leave without protection Vaccine (n) a substance that protects people against getting a disease Extensive (adj) in-depth, comprehensive Laboratory (n) a place where scientists do research
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Theocracy Heathen Faction Deference Vindictive Pallor Indignant Crone Daft Taint
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Theocracy (n) government of a state by church officials Heathen (adj) an uncivilized or irreligious person Faction (n) a group of persons forming a cohesive group Deference (n) respect and esteem due a superior or an elder Vindictive (adj) disposed to seek revenge Pallor (n) paleness Indignant (adj) showing anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean Crone (n) a withered old woman Daft (adj) mad; insane Taint (v) to contaminate; to corrupt
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Abundant Wrath Callous Slovenly Gull Gaunt Excommunication Reprieve Retaliation Adamant
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Abundant (adj) marked by great plenty Wrath (n) punishment for an offense or crime Callous (adj) feeling or showing no emotion Slovenly (adj) untidy in dress or appearance Gull (v) to take advantage of; to deceive Gaunt (adj) excessively thin and angular Excommunication (n) exclusion from the rights of church membership Reprieve (n) delay of a punishment Retaliation (n) returning like for like, vengeance for an injury Adamant (adj) unyielding, unshakable or immovable especially in opposition
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Ambush Complicated Hesitate Peril Ponder Site Grenade Repellent Gape Inscribe
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Ambush (v) to attack from a place of hiding Complicated (adj) hard to understand or deal with Hesitate (v) to pause Peril (n) danger Ponder (v) to think about carefully Site (n) a place Grenade (n) a small bomb that can be thrown or fired Repellent (n) a chemical that keeps insects away Gape (v) to open your mouth wide Inscribe (v) to cut or carve words into something
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Axles Burlap Bristled Bucking Mottled Unslung Stake Graybacks Liniment Pugnacious
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Axles (n) Bars connecting 2 opposite wheels Burlap (n)Fabric used for grain sacks Bristled (adj) Stiff and prickly Bucking (v) Throw grain on a truck Mottled (v) Many Colors Unslung (v) removed; took off Stake (n) amount of money Graybacks (n) lice; parasites Liniment (n) liquid rubbed on muscles Pugnacious (adj) eager and ready to fight
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Monotonous Snooker Aloof Persuasive Crouched Slug Pulley Writhed Mauled Twict
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Monotonous With no expression Snooker Type of pool game Aloof Distant; removed Persuasive Convincing Crouched Bend low Slug A serving of an alcoholic drink Pulley Small wheel with rope attached Writhed Twisted Mauled Treated roughly Twict Sharp sudden punch
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