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Word Power
Session 22
27
English
10th Grade
09/27/2012

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Term
Titillation
Definition
N. a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling).
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Adulation
Definition
N. Flattery and worship carried to an excessive, ridiculous degree.
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Adulatory
Definition
Adj. Obsequiously complimentary
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Proscription
Definition
N. denunciation, prohibition or exclusion.
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Proscriptive
Definition
Adj. Proscribing or prohibiting
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Obviation
Definition
N. the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
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Trivial
Definition
Adj. of little value or importance.
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Trivialities
Definition
N. the quality of being unimportant, petty or frivolous
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Trivia
Definition
N. Details, considerations, or pieces of information with little importance or value.
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Militant
Definition
Adj. combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause
N. A person who is active in this way
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Militancy
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N. combativeness, a militant aggressiveness.
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Malign
Definition
to speak evil about, to defame, to slander
Adj. bad, harmful, evil, hateful
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Malignity
Definition
N. Malevolence. wishing evil to others.
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Malignant
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Adj. one showing deep hatred. one that is cancerous (bad)
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Malignancy
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N. The state or presence of a malignant tumor; cancer
A cancerous growth
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Malediction
Definition
a curse. an evil saying
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Maledictory
Definition
Adj. doing evil things to others.
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Malevolent
Definition
Adj. having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
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Malevolence
Definition
N. wishing to evil to others.
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Maleficent
Definition
doing harm or evil, or causing hurt
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Maleficence
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N. a wrongdoer, an evildoer, a criminal
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Malefactor
Definition
N. a person who commits a crime or some other wrong
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Malefaction
Definition
N. an evil deed, crime; wrongdoing
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Maladroit
Definition
clumsy, bungling, awkward, unskillful
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Maladroitness
Definition
N. awkwardness: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.
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Malaise
Definition
an indefinite feeling of bodily discomfort, as in a mild illness or as a symptom preceding an illness;
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Titillate
Definition
V. To stimulate or excite someone. Especially in a sexual way.
Tickle
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