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English
9th Grade
03/12/2017

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Encouragingly

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Definition

 to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence




Verb

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Incline

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Definition

 

Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.



Verb
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persuasiveness 

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Definition

Tending to persuade

 

 

Adjective

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precious 

 

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Definition
 Of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly.
 
  1.                                 Adjective
Term

Oilskin

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Definition
 
 
  1.            Heavy cotton cloth waterproofed with oil.
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  3.                                       Noun
Term

Torpedo

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Definition
  1. 1.
    a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target.
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  2. 2.
     
    a railway fog signal.
 
                                        Noun
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Incident
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Definition

 

An instance of something happening; an event or occurrence. 


Noun

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Bolshevism
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Definition
 
  1.  
    1. The communist form of government adopted in Russia following the Bolshevik revolution of 1917.
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noun

 

 
Term

Indiscreet

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Definition

Having, showing, or proceeding from too great a readiness to reveal things that should remain private or secret.




Adjective

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Allusion
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  1. an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference


NOUN

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Distinctive

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Definition
  1. characteristic of one person or thing, and so serving to distinguish it from others.
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Adjective

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Embroidery
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Definition

 

 

the art or pastime of embroidering cloth.

 

 

NOUN

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Indisposition
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Definition

Mild illness.


NOUN

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Manifestation
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Definition

an event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something abstract or theoretical.


NOUN

Term

IMPEDIMENTS

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Definition



  1.       A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.
 
 
 
NOUN
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