Pre Ap English 9: Summer Assignment 2010

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Benevolent

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expressing kindly feelings

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Cynical

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distrusting the motives of others

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Mincing

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affectedly nice

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Confinements

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childbirth

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Tyranny

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unrestrained exercise of power

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Dissentients

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different from the opinion of the majority

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Enmity

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hatred

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Vices

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an evil habit

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Tyrannise

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to exercise absolute control

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Preliminary

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introductory

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Preeminent

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superior

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Vivacious

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lively

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Expounded

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to state in detail

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Apathy

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absence of emotion

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Disciples

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follower

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Neglected

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disregard

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Knoll

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a small hill

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Gambolled

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to skip about

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Reproached

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blame

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Tarred

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products obtained by the distillation of organic substances

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Toiled

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hard work

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Implements

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any article used in some activity

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Humblest

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modest

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Acute

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intense

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Propulsion

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the act of propelling

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Shirked

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to evade

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Obstinate

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not yielding to argument

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Indefatigable

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untiring

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Instituting

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organize

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Whelped

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the young of an animal

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Injustice

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inequity

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Skirmishing

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a fight between small bodies of troops

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Shrewd

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sharp in practical matters

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Sentimentality

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the state of being sentimental

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Alighted

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to settle after descending

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Tractable

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yielding

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Contemptible

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despicable

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Irrepressible

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uncontrollable

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Posthumously

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occurring after one's death

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Smithies

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the workshop of a blacksmith

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Pretext

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excuse

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Blithely

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cheerful

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Publican

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the keeper of a pub

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Manifestly

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obvious

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Canvassing

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to solicit votes

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Biding

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to endure

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Dynamo

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an electric generator

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Disinterred

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unearth

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Articulate

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uttered clearly in distinct syllables

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Cunning

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craftiness

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Ignominious

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humiliating

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Yoked

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a device for joining together a pair of draft animals

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Extravagant

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wasteful

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Arable

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capable of producing crops

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Intermediary

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a mediator

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Marveling

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something that causes wonder

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Reconciled

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to cause to accept something not desired

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Indignation

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strong displeasure at something considered unjust

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Perpendicularity

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vertical

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Malignity

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spite

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Emboldened

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encourage

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Famine

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extreme scarcity of food

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Hitherto

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up to this time

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Countenance

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appearance

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Capitulated

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to surrender unconditionally

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Decree

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a formal order

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Attribute

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to regard as resulting from a specified cause

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Pervading

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to become spread throughout all parts of

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Retribution

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requital according to merits

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Categorically

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absolute

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Lamentation

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the act of expressing grief

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Conciliatory

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tending to conciliate

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Skulking

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to lie

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Impeding

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imminent

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Magistrates

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a civil officer charged with the administration of the law

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Machinations

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plots

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Censured

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strong expression of disapproval

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Punctually

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prompt

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Pensioner

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a hireling

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Sentinels

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a person that watches

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Poultices

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a soft mass of cloth applied hot as a medicament to the body

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Indignantly

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feeling strong displeasure at something considered unjust

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Superannuated

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retired because of age

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Interment

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burial

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Processions

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the act of moving along

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Precincts

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a district marked out for governmental purposes

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Complicity

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partnership in wrongdoing

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Stratagem

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a plan for surprising an enemy

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Contemptuously

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scornful

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Oration

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a formal public speech

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Inebriate

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intoxicate

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Rheumy

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pertaining to rheum

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Morose

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gloomily

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Taciturn

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inclined to silence

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Filial

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pertaining to a son or daughter

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Deputation

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the act of appointing a person to represent for another

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Eminent

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distinguished

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Incumbent

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an individual that is responsible for a specific office within a cooperation

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Witticism

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a witty remark

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Dregs

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the sediment of liquids

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Eminence

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rank

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Prevaricate

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lie