Quarter 1, The Pearl, Grade 9, Level 1

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ameliorate

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become better; make better; improve

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conserve

Back 2

keep from waste, loss, or decay-save

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detriment

Back 3

injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage

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exotic

Back 4

introduced from another country; foreign

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folly

Back 5

lack of good sense; folliosh action or undertaking

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formerly

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in an earlier period; previously

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harmony

Back 7

peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement

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ignore

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refuse to take notice of; disregard

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impediment

Back 9

something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle

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indolent

Back 10

disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle

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intact

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untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured

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invalid

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not valid; having no force or effect; void

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noncarcinogenic

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not producing, or tending to produce, cancer

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parsminonious

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unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy

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raze

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destroy utterly by tearing doqn; demolish; level to the ground

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reticent

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inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative

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retire

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1) withdraw from active duty or business
2) go to bed

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retort

Back 18

answer; reply sharply or angrily

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subvert

Back 19

overturn or overthrow from the foundadation; undermine

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tractable

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easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; doicile

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baffle

Back 21

bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate

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cinema

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motion picture; movie; film

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despise

Back 23

look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior

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ebullient

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overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant

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exaggerate

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enlarge a fact or statement beyond what is true

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exhort

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arouse by words; advise strongly; urge

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expertise

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specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how; expertness

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finicky

Back 28

excessively concerned with trifles or detalis; hard to please; fussy; particular

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gall

Back 29

make sore; irritate mentally; annoy

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inane

Back 30

lacking signifigance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid

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indemnify

Back 31

compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay

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Occident

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West; countries of American and Europe

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peruse

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read; look at fairly attentively; study

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scuffle

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rough struggle with scrambling and confusion; fight

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spurn

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thrust aside with disdain of contempt

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stipend

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fixed or regular pay for services; wage; salary

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surveillance

Back 37

close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision

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tepid

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moderately warm; lukewarm

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wager

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risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet

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wane

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decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink

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abhorrent

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in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant

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admonish

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reprove gently by seriously; warn of a fault; caution

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ambrosial

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extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious

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confine

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shut up; imprision; keep in narriow cramped quarters

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decade

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period of ten years

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detonate

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explode with suddenness and violence; cause (something) to explode

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ephemeral

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lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short-lived

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gullible

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easily deceived or cheated; credulous

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haggle

Back 49

dispute or argue over a price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle

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immerse

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plunge or place into a liquiid; dip; duck