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A Suffix-ment and Art & Music
Latin
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English
10th Grade
02/12/2009

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Acknowledgement
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An admission or notice of receipt.
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Allotment
Definition
A distribution; Shares
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Apportionment
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A dividing or a sharing according to a plan
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Bereavement
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The state of suffering a great loss.
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Bewilderment
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A state of greate confusion
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Blandishment
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Something that coaxes or flatters
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Disagreement
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A difference of opinion, a quarrel
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Disenchantment
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A state of being free from illusion
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Displacement
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The act of being removed from the usual or proper place
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Exbezzlement
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The act of stealing property or money entrusted to one's care.
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Encroachment
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The act of making gradual in roads upon, an intrusion
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Endearment
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a loving word or act
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Enrollment
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The number registered
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Harassment
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The act of repeatedly pestering
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Indictment
Definition
A formal written accusations
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Inducement
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Something that presuades; incentive
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Maladjustment
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A poor or inadequate adaption
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nourishment
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something that promotes growth or sustains, food.
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refinement
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elegance of style or manners, improve
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Resentment
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the feeling of being injured or insulted
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aprocryphal
Definition
of doubtful authorship or authenicity
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cassette
Definition
cartridge holding magnetic tape for playing or recording sound or pictures
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climatic
Definition
having to do with the most exciting/ intense part
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concerto
Definition
 a musical composition
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ebony
Definition
a hard, durable black wood from a family of tropical trees.
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encore
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An additional performance at the end of a concert done at the request of the audience
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endowment
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A permanent source of money give to a person or instituation.
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illustrious
Definition
famous; outstanding; celebrated
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medicore
Definition
neither good or bad, ordinary, not at all distintive.
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novice
Definition
beginner
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overture
Definition
orchestral introduction to a dramatic musical
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patron
Definition
 a person who provides support and approval to an art or artist.
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refrain
Definition
regi;aru recurring phrase or verse; chorus.
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reverberate
Definition
to echo back; to repeatedly sound
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rhapsody
Definition
musical composition that is free in form and often improvisational in nature.
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rococo
Definition
decroative style known for elaborate ornametation.
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silhouette
Definition
outline portrait, usally of a profile
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stimulate
Definition
to arouse or excite to activity and growth
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superlative
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supeme; unequalled
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virtuoso
Definition
person with a special skill in an art
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