8th+Week+of+March+9+-+13,+2009

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 1. ** averted: ** //turn away or aside//  2. ** berth: ** //room to move in//  3. ** bogus: ** //fake; phony; counterfeit//  4. ** cache: ** //a secret store of valuables or money//  5. ** competent: ** //adequate for the purpose//  6. ** concealment: ** //the activity of keeping something secret//  7. ** conflagration: ** //great fire//  8. ** crevice: ** //a long narrow opening//  9. ** disorientation: ** //confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed//  10. ** diversion: ** //act of turning aside; distract//  11. ** ebbing: ** //lessening or weakening//  12. ** electrodes: ** //a medial part of an electrochemical cell, which gains or loses electrons//  13. ** formidable: ** //extremely impressive in strength or excellence//  14. ** fugitive: ** //someone who is sought by law officers//  15. ** initiation: ** //the act of starting something for the first time//  16. ** intrigue: ** //cause to be interested or curious// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 17. ** minuscule: ** //very small// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 18. ** monotonous: ** //tediously repetitious or lacking in variety// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 19. ** mutinous: ** //rebellious, unruly// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 20. ** perpetual: ** //everlasting// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 21. ** placate: ** //pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 22. ** recede: ** //become faint or more distant// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 23. ** reconstitute: ** //construct or form anew or provide with a new structure// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 24. ** rendezvous: ** //a meeting planned at a certain time and place// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 25. ** repel: ** //fill with distaste// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 26. ** spires: ** //a steeple that tapers to a point// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 27. ** trajectories: ** //pathway// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 28. ** tremulous: ** //trembling; wavering// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> 29. ** warren: ** //a series of connected underground tunnels//