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Sixth Grade Mid-term Review

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meaning
hurtle   to rush violently, dash headlong, to fling or hurl forcefully  
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interminable   endless, so long as to seem endless  
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sullen   silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger or resentment, slow moving, sluggish  
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trickle   to flow or fall by drops or in a small stream, a small irregular quantity of anything  
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trivial   not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace  
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firebrand   a piece of burning wood, a troublemaker, an extremely emotional or energetic person  
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indispensable   absolutely necessary, not to be neglected  
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pelt   to throw a stream of things, or to strike successively  
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retard   to make slow, delay or hold back  
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unscathed   wholly unharmed, not injured  
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animated   full of life, lively or moved to action  
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literate   able to read and write  
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oration   a public speech for a formal occasion  
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seethe   to boil or foam, to be excited or disturbed  
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unique   one of a kind, unequaled, unusual  
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buffoon   a clown, a coarse or stupid person  
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fruitless   not producing the desired results, unsuccessful  
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malignant   deadly, extremely harmful, evil, spiteful, malicious  
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mortify   to hurt someone's feelings deeply, to cause embarrassment or humiliation, to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering  
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spirited   full of life and vigor, courageous  
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anecdote   a short account of an incident in someone's life  
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docile   easily taught, led or managed  
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fickle   liable to change very rapidly, erratic, marked by a lack of constancy or steadiness, inconsistent  
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maul   to beat or knock about, handle roughly, to mangle or a heavy hammer  
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tactful   skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite  
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anonymous   unnamed, without the name of the person involved  
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dupe   a person easily tricked or deceived, to deceive  
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grim   stern, merciless, savage, cruel  
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inimitable   not capable of being copied  
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vengeance   punishment in return for an injury or wrong, unusual force or violence  
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NOUN   the name of a person, place or thing  
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ADJECTIVE   a word which describes a noun or a pronoun, tells how many, what kind or which one  
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VERB   describes what action someone or something is doing, can also describe a state of being  
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ADVERB   descrives a verb, adjective or another adverb, tells how, when, where, or to what degree  
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PROPOSITION   combines with a noun or pronooun to form a phrase that tells something about another word in the sentence  
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