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English
12th Grade
12/09/2010

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Aesthetic
Definition
The meseum had aesthetic paintings of life.
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Bulwark
Definition
The men built a bulwark around the castle
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Defunct
Definition
the law is defunct because it was racist to many people
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Etymology
Definition
The Etymologist was studying ancient latin yesterday
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Hyperbole
Definition
The man spoke with many hyperbole's and it was so exaggeratted he lost his entire point.
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Legend
Definition
If you want to know where the restraunts are look at the legend on the map
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Odious
Definition
He was an odious person and hated many people.
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Posterity
Definition
The future of earth will be in the hands of posterity, therefore we must teach are children well because they may one day rule the country.
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Rife
Definition
Crime is rife in the slum area of cities.
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Torpor
Definition
The torpor man was too tired to move
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Affable
Definition
The affable man helped everyone and always had a smile on his face.
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Bureacracy
Definition

 

Because of the beurocracy in education teachers are required to have multiple meetings and fill out a great deal of paperwork instead of teaching.

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Degradation
Definition
The town was filled with degradation and had many people of lower class without jobs.
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Euology
Definition
The boy received a lot of euology for his good grades.
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Hypochondriac
Definition
The hypochondriac had such a fear of getting sick he had to wash his hands every hour and still thought he had the flu.
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Legion
Definition
The army used 30 legions of men that consisted of a thousand people in each legion.
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Officious
Definition
The officious man always intruded in people's personal space and caused many fights.
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Posthumous
Definition
The Posthmous novel was published after the death of the author.
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Rigor
Definition
The class was very rigor and explained every little detail or the molecular structures.
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Totter
Definition
The baby tottered around he could just barely balance himself when he walked.
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Alacrity
Definition
We accepted the invitation with alcrity, we were so excited for the party.
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Burgeon
Definition
The town burgeoned into a city after a few months and is still flourishing today
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Deletrious
Definition
The convict was a deleterious murdered and he could hurt anyone.
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Euphenism
Definition
The boy wanted to make his girlfriend feel better so he used a euphenism to make her feel better, "your not fat your pleasantly plump"
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Hypocritical
Definition
He was hypocritical and when he told you he hated something that people do he usually did it himself.
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Lethargic
Definition
School was making her lethargic to the point she just wanted to go to bed and sleep.
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Ogle
Definition
The man ogled the girl because she was very pretty.
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Postulate
Definition
With the information he had they were able to postulate the weather tomorrow.
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Robust
Definition
He was strong and robust, he had the most perfect health imaginable
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Tractable
Definition
The dog was tractable and he would do everything his owner told him to do.
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Alchemy
Definition
Alchemy is not longer practice but many people used to believe that through alchemy anything could be turned into gold.
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Burnish
Definition
They burnished the wood and made it so pretty that it looked as it would almost glow.
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Deliberate
Definition
The girl was deliberate and profound and occasionally over thought things
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Euphony
Definition
She heard a eupony of sounds that were so pleasant they almost put her to sleep.
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Iconoclast
Definition
The iconoclast was a bit of a rebel because he didnt believe in what was normal of society.
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Levity
Definition
They were treating the car accident with levity but it should have been taken more seriously.
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Olfactory
Definition

 

Its because of the olfactory sense that we can enjoy the smell of our christmas tree.

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Potable
Definition
Only one percent of earth's water is potable.
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Rotound
Definition
The circle was rotound, said the philospher trying to say it was round in a smarter way.
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tranquil
Definition
The forest was filled with tranquility one feels at ease with its peacefulness.
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