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Language - English
10th Grade
12/12/2006

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Term
Insidious
Definition
adj.
1. Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner: insidious rumors; an insidious disease.
2. Intended to entrap; treacherous: insidious misinformation.
3. Beguiling but harmful; alluring: insidious pleasures.
Term
Blitzkrieg
Definition
n.
1.A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces
2.A fight in war
Term
Mordantly
Definition
adv. 1. In the manner of a mordant

2. Deadly
Term
Obliterated
Definition
tr.v. o·blit·er·at·ed, o·blit·er·at·ing, o·blit·er·ates
1. To do away with completely so as to leave no trace. See Synonyms at abolish.
2. To wipe out, rub off, or erase (writing or other markings).
3. Medicine To remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation.
Term
Enmity
Definition
n. pl. en·mi·ties
Deep-seated, often mutual hatred
Term
Effulgence
Definition
n.
A brilliant radiance.
Term
Denude(d)
Definition
tr.v. de·nud·ed, de·nud·ing, de·nudes
1. To divest of covering; make bare.
2. Geology To expose (rock strata) by erosion
Term
Latent
Definition
adj.
1. Present or potential but not evident or active: latent talent.
2. Pathology In a dormant or hidden stage: a latent infection.
3. Biology Undeveloped but capable of normal growth under the proper conditions: a latent bud.
4. Psychology Present and accessible in the unconscious mind but not consciously expressed.
n.
Term
Undulation
Definition
n.
1. A regular rising and falling or movement to alternating sides; movement in waves.
2. A wavelike form, outline, or appearance.
3. One of a series of waves or wavelike segments.
Term
jounce(d)
Definition
intr. & tr.v. jounced, jounc·ing, jounc·es
To move or cause to move with bumps and jolts; bounce.
n.
A rough, jolting movement; a jolt.
Term
Denounce
Definition
tr.v. de·nounced, de·nounc·ing, de·nounc·es
1. To condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible. See Synonyms at criticize.
2. To accuse formally.
3. To give formal announcement of the ending of (a treaty).
Term
Decalogue
Definition
n.
1. Bible The Ten Commandments.
2. A fundamental set of rules having authoritative weight.
Term
Turbid
Definition
adj.
1. Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy: turbid water.
2. Heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog.
3. In a state of turmoil; muddled: turbid feelings.
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