English Final 2007-2008 Winter Term

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(n); One who participates with another in wrongdoing or in a crime; partner in crime; confederate

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accomplice

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(adj); wealthy; rich; prosperous; in possession of an abundance of money or property

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affluent

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(n); unprovoked attack; warlike act; enroachment by one nation on the territory of another

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aggression

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(n); one who engages in an activity for pleasure rather than for money; person who lacks professional skill; nonprofessional

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amateur

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(n); person who assails (violently attacks with blows or words); attacker

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assaliant

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(adj); shrewd; clever; crafty

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astute

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(adj); fond of fighting; warlike; quarrelsome; pugnacious

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belligerent

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(n); nation engaged in war; person involved in a fight; warrior

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belligerent

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(adj); favoring one side too much; partial; prejudiced

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biased

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(adj); able to catch or be set on fire and burn easily; inflammable; ignitable

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combustible

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(adj); 1)always trying to do what is right; controlled by conscience (a sense of right or wrong that governs behavior) 2)careful; painstaking; meticulous

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conscientious

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(adj); prone to argue; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative

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contentious

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(adj); lacking necessary things, such as food, shelter, or clothing; extremely poor impoverished; indigent

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destitute

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(n); one who does hard, boring, or disagreeable work

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drudge

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(adj); tending to evade (get around or aboid something by trickery or cleverness); shifty; elusive

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evasive

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(adj); capable of being exhausted (used up completely)

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exhaustible

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(adj); sparing; thrifty; not wasteful

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frugal

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(n); person who flees or tries to escape from danger; justice; runaway

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fugitive

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(adj); easily deceived or cheated; credulous

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gullible

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(adj); not favoring one side more that the other; free of bias; not partial

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impartial

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(adj); incapable of being perturbed (agitated or disturbed); not easily excited; calm; cool

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imperturbable

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(adj); unable to be placated (made peaceful); unappeasable; unrelenting; unforgiving

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implacable

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(adj); incapable of being put into practice; unworkable; impractical; impossible

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impracticable

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(adj); unable to think clearly and express oneself logically; rambling; confused; inarticulate

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incoherent

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(adj); incapable of being done without; necessary; imperative; essential

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indispensable

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(adj); incapable of being satiated (satisfied); always wanting more; unsatisfiable

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insatiable

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(v); make timid (fearful); frighten; scare; discourage from acting by threats or violence

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intimidate

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(adj); incapable of being vanquished (conquered, defeated, or subdued); insuperable; insurmountable

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invincible

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(adj); too free in giving or spending; extravagant; prodigal

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lavish

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(adj); lying; deceitful; dishonest; untruthful

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mendacious

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(n); solider serving for pay in a foreign army

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mercenary

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(adj); serving merely for pay or gain; greedy

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mercenary

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(n); person or thing that is of equal standing with another; equal

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peer

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(adj); able to be perceived (noticed through one or more of the senses); detectable; discernable

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perceptible

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(n); one who has extraordinary talent or ablility; marvel; wonder

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prodigy

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(n); one who foretells or predicts; predictor

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prophet

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(n); prizefighter; boxer; person who fights with fists

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pugilist

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(adj); deserving to be reprehended (blamedf or scolded); blameworthy; censurable

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reprehensible

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(n); one who bears or is made to bear the blame for the mistakes or crimes of another or others

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scapegoat

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(n); one who supports or assumes responsibility for another person, or for a thing; supporter; backer

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sponsor

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(n); bitter conflict; fighting; discord; antagonism

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strife

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(adj); capable of being held, maintained or defended; defendable; justifiable

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tenable

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(adj); easily annoyed; irritably impatient; irascible; edgy

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testy

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(adj); rude; impolite; ill-mannered; boorish

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uncivil

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(adj); incapable of being understood; difficult to comprehend; incomprehensible

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unintelligible

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(adj); having no concern for what is morally right or proper; unconscionable

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unscrupulous

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(adj); constantly changing one's mind; indecisive; wavering

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vacillating

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(n); one who willfully destroys or damages valuable private or public property; defacer

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vandal

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(v); subdue by superior force; conquer; defeat; overcome

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vanquish

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(adj); easily bribed; open to corruption; purchasable; crooked; mercenary

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venal

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(adj); using or containing an unnecessary and wearisome amount of words; wordy

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verbose

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*replaces the subject or object in the sentence

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Personal

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*shows who or what has something and replaces a possessive noun

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Possessive

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*refers to an unspecified or general person, place, or thing (instead of referring to a specific person, place, or thing)

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Indefinite

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*refers back to a noun or another pronoun and show that the same thing is involved

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Reflexive

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*adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun already named

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Intensive

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*introduces an interrogative sentence or question

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Interrogative