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desperate

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  • very sad or worried and with little or no hope
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tramp

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  • to walk or march or hike on foot
  • to walk heavily
  • “they tramped through the forrest”
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anticipate

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  • expect or look forward to
  • to predict
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produce

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  • to make or create or manufacture
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crop

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  • a plant or plant based product that is grown and harvested
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stock

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  • noun: farm animals (like live stock)
    Verb: to store up or save up
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fertile

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  • fruitful or abundant, easy to grow in
  • fertilzation: using manure or nutrients to make the soil more fertile
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indifferent

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  • not caring
  • neutral
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hoax

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  • a trick or a ruse
  • an act meant to fool or deceive
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hitch

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  • a hangup or glitch
    Verb: to attach or get a ride
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summarize

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  • to give a short overview
  • to give the main points
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boycott

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  • refusing to deal with someone or some company as a way to protest them
  • “civil rights protestors boycotted the bus service in Montgomery, Alabama to protest against discrimination:”
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gratitude

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  • thankfulness or appreciation
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deceit

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  • fraud
  • lying
  • being two-faced
  • duplicity
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obscure

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  • unclear
  • not easy to see or understand
  • hidden from view
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capricious

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  • impulsive
  • motivated by desire that can change easily
  • changing a lot
  • “he was a capricious friend; he would leave our group just as quickly as he would join”
  • “the weather was capricoius, it was sunny one moment, then rainy the next”
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prancing

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  • to dance or skip or move with springy steps
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roam

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  • to wander or move aimlesssly
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custody

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  • to have custody over something is to have control or responsiblity over it
  • “the parents have custody over the children”
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remedy

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  • treatment or cure
  • solution or answer
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banish

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  • to permanently exclude
  • to throw out of a group or community
  • Send away permanently or for eternity
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exhume

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  • to take out of the ground
  • to unbury
  • to dig up
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squander

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  • to waste
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zeal

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  • enthusiasm
  • passion
  • ardor or love for something
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hustle

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  • to work hard or quickly
  • to trick or swindle
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repress

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  • to restrain
  • to hold back
  • to hold in or suppress
  • to suppress
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uniform

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  • adjective all the same or unchaning
  • noun: a uniform or dress/suit someone wears (a police officers uniform)
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resemble

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  • to look like or be similar to
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exchange

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  • to trade or switch
  • “they exchanged hugs and kind words with each other”
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condemn

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  • to disapprove of
  • to judge negatively
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tolerate

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  • to allow something to happen
  • to permit or authorize
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infectious

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  • contagious
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conquer

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  • to defeat or beat
  • to take control of a place or people
  • “the militatry conquered the enemies territory”
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appetites

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  • desires or wants
  • cravings or hunger
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rummage

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  • to burrow through something untidily in a disorganized way
  • “he burrowed through the pile of laundry, looking for his socks”
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ransack

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  • to steal things and cause damage
  • to plunder
  • to raid
  • to loot
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humiliate

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  • to embarrass
  • to shame
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genuine

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  • real or authentic
  • sincere or honest
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artificial

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  • fake
  • false
  • unnatural
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luscious

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  • juicy
  • delicious
  • succulent
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alleged

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  • adj: something that is claimed but not yet proven
  • verb: to claim or assert or declare
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narrate

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  • to tell a story
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dilate

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  • to enlarge or widen
  • to expand
  • “his pupils dilated in the dark to let more light in”
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surplus

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  • excess
  • extra
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elapse

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  • time passes, goes by, or elapses
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eject

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  • to throw out or expel (he was ejected from the car when it hit a tree)
  • to emit or discharge or pour out (the volcano ejected lava)
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diagram

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  • detailed picture or blueprint
  • verb: to draw or sketch out in detail
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plot

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  • to plan or organize
  • noun: the events and actions that happen in a story
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assorted

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  • a variety or a mix of things
  • diverse
  • “a basket of assorted fruits contained apples, oranges, bananas, and many kinds of other fruits”
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corrosion

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  • the process of metal corroding or becoming damaged
  • corrosion is damage or decay or breakdown of something
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migrate

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  • travel or reclocate from one place to another
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proper

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  • correct or right or complete
  • respectable or polite
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tolerable

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  • bearable
  • able to be endured
  • “the warm jacket made the cold winter more tolerable”
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gracious

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  • kind or courteous
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prodigal

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  • wasteful
  • spending money recklessly or irresponsibly
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matchless

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  • unable to be equaled
  • incomparable, the best
  • “his skills at chess were matchless; he won all the games”
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homely

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  • unattractive
  • plain
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profligate

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  • wasteful
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misdirected

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  • sent to the wrong place
  • taught wrongly
  • done inappropriately
  • “their efforts at building the bridge were misdirected because nobody really needed to go to that small uninhabited island”
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encounter

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  • to meet or come across someone or something
  • to experience something
  • “we have encountered one small problem”
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merchant

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  • a seller of goods and items
  • a salesman
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unrest

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  • chaos or trouble
  • violence
  • opposite of peace
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nausea

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  • the feelig of wanting to throw up
  • queasiness
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artifact

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  • an object (usually made by humans) of historical intersest
  • the archaeologists discovered all kinds of artifacts from ancient Rome, like vases, scrolls, and tiles”
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hesitate

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  • to pause
  • to show doubt or uncertainty
  • “he hestitated before jumping from the diving board”
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crisis

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  • a time of difficulty, trouble, or danger
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Affect

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  • verb: to have an effect on something
  • notice the difference betwen Affect vs. Effect
  • Affect is the ACTION verb
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Effect

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  • a result or consequence
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affection

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  • love or kindness
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affectation

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  • behavior or speeech that is artificial or pretend (not real or sincere)
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mutter

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  • to mumble or say something quietly or unclearly
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rage

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  • noun: anger
  • verb: to be angry or crazy
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amplify

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  • to increase or enlarge
  • to make louder
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tremble

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  • to shake or quiver in fear
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confession

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  • an admission of guilt
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intrude

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  • to be in a situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited
  • “he intruded into our conversation”
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fidget

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  • to wiggle or squirm or be impatient
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emerge

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  • to come our or appear
  • “the birds emerged from the trees”
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trigger

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  • to cause something to happen
  • “the yelling triggered an avalanche”
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descent

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  • downward
  • decline
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decent

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  • nice, kind, fair (“he was a decent guy; he shared his food with his friend”)
  • or appropriate, correct (“he did a decrnt job of cleaning his room”
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exhibit

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  • to display or show or reveal
  • exhibition is an event where things are displayed
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inferior

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  • less than
  • low quality
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formal

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  • professional
  • done according to certain rules or customs
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decay

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  • to rot
  • to decompose
  • to deteriorate
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congested

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  • crowded
  • full
  • overfull
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superstitious

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  • irrational
  • unprovable
  • unfounded
  • mythical
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precious

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  • highly valuable, worth a lot
  • loved
  • cherished
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spacious

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  • large
  • roomy
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portrait

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  • a paniting or picture, often of the face or head of a person
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inspect

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  • to examine, check, or scruitinze
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layman

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  • a nonexpert
  • someone without professional knowledge about a particular subject
  • “a doctor is a professional, but a random person who didn’t go to medical school is a layperson”
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deafening

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  • extremely loud
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frail

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  • weak, sick, or fragile
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ideal

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  • noun: a person or thing regarded as perfect
  • adjective: perfect, a perfect example of something
  • “avi was the ideal student”
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autobiography

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  • a book an author writes about their own life
  • “Martin Luther King wrote a book about his life; it was called The Autobiography of Marting Luther King Jr.”
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novel

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  • a new thing
  • or if talking about books: a book that is a fiction story
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evaluate

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  • to assess or judge something
  • “they evaluated the depth of his knowledge by evaluating him with a test”
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duplicate

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  • a copy of something, a double
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deliberate

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  • intentional or on purpose
  • careful or cautious
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adequate

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  • enough
  • satisfactory
  • sufficient
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filter

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  • noun: a device for sorting things or separating things (i.e. a strainer)
  • verb: to strain or purify (“they filtered the dirt out of the water with a water purifier”
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reluctant

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  • unwilling
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irritable

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  • grumpy or cranky
  • easily upset
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manual

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  • ​guide book (“instruction manual”)
  • or by hand (“manually”)
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capsule

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  • a pill or tablet
  • or a covering, shell, or case
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textile

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  • a type of cloth or woven fabric

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