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a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status


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n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something


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v. gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with a tracking system


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v. make active or more active; stimulate; make radioactive


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v. enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments


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a. making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly


Spelling Word: aggressive
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n. formal public statement; an act of making known publicly


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v. exert; put into service; avail oneself to;


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n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place


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n. bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow


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