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Vocabulary Lesson 3
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English
10th Grade
08/28/2011

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Term
adjunct
Definition
n.  Something added, but not essential, to another thing. -adj. Added or connected in a subordinate capacity.
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aggregate
Definition
adj. Gathered together into a whole; total. -n. A whole composed of a mass of distinct things. -n. To gather into a mass.
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congregate
Definition
v.  To gather in a crowd or mass; assemble.
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egregious
Definition
adj. Remarkably bad or offensive; flagrant.
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enjoin
Definition
v. 1. To direct, order, or urge with authority. 2. To prohibit; forbid.
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gregarious
Definition
adj. 1. Fond of the company of others; sociable. 2. Living in flocks or groups.
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injunction
Definition
n. 1. A command; order. 2. A court order requiring or prohibitiing some act.
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juncture
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n. 1. The act of joining or the state of being joined. A point at which two things are joined.
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junta
Definition
n. A group, usually made up of military officers, that rules a country after the overthrow of the government.
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segregate
Definition
v. 1.  To set apart from others; isolate. 2. To impose the separation of a specific group from the rest of society.
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