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Cleanliness/Uncleanliness and Nearness Words
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English
12th Grade
11/22/2009

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carrion
Definition
decaying flesh of a carcass
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dross
Definition
waste; refuse
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expurgate
Definition
remove objectionable material from a book; bowdlerize; purify
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immaculate
Definition
spotless; pure; faultless
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offal
Definition
waste parts of a butchered animal; refuse
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slatternly
Definition
untidy; dirty from habitual neglect; slovenly
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sloven
Definition
person habitually untidy, dirty, or careless in dress, habits, etc.
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sordid
Definition
filthy; vile
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squalid
Definition
filthy from neglect; degraded
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sully
Definition
tarnish; besmirch; defile
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contiguous
Definition
touching; adjoining
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environs
Definition
districts surrounding a place; suburbs
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juxtapose
Definition
put side by side; put close together
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propinquity
Definition
1. kinship
2. nearness of place; proximity
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