English 9 Final Exam

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Abate

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To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity

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Advocate

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To speak, plead, or argue in favor of

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Agape

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In a state of wonder or amazement, as with the mouth wide open

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Alien

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Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person

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Amorphous

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Lacking definite form

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Assuage

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To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe

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Beacon

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A signaling or guiding device, such as a lighthouse, located on a coast.

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Bias

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To influence in a particular, typically unfair direction

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Boisterous

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Rough and stormy

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Carnal

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Of or relating to the body or flesh

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Conflagration

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A large destructive fire.

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Debaucheries

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Extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures

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Desolate

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Rendered unfit for habitation or use

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Fanatic

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A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause.

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Felicitous

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Admirably suited

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Frugal

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Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources

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Futile

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Having no useful result.

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Gaunt

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Thin and bony

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Hedonism

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Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses.

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Indigenous

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Originating and living or occurring naturally in an area or environment

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Impudent

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Characterized by offensive boldness

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Incessant

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Continuing without interruption

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Inert

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Unable to move or act.

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Inscrutable

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Difficult to fathom or understand

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Intermittent

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Stopping and starting at intervals

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Lethargy

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A state of sluggishness

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Mettlesome

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spirited

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Miasma

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A noxious atmosphere or influence

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Opaque

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Impenetrable by light

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Opulent

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Possessing or exhibiting great wealth

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Permeated

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To spread or flow throughout;

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Prefecture

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The district administered or governed by a prefect

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Profuse

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Plentiful

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Pugnacity

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Combative in nature

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Recoil

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To shrink back, as in fear or repugnance.

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Remorse

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Moral anguish arising from repentance for past misdeeds

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Respite

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A usually short interval of rest or relief

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Reverence

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A feeling of profound awe and respect and often love

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Scrutiny

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A close, careful examination or study

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Serene

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Unaffected by disturbance

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Slatternly

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untidy

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Stout

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Having or marked by boldness, bravery, or determination

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Succinct

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Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words

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Suppurated

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To form or discharge pus

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Taciturn

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Habitually untalkative

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Timidity

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Lacking self-confidence

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Tranquil

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Free from commotion or disturbance

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Tumulus

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An ancient grave mound

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Unerringly

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Committing no mistakes

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Volition

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The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision.

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Xenophobia

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A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

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Costersteration

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A state of paralyzing dismay