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Claire Ottinger week 5
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English
11th Grade
10/06/2011

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Term
Stoic
Definition
  • That would have been to dishonor him,” said Carr, a notorious stoic who was nearly overcome by emotion in his postgame press conference. 
  • one apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain
  • \ˈstō-ik\
  • noun
Term
Abbot
Definition
  • Born in Britain, he went to Brittany where he became abbot of a monastery he had founded.
  • The superior of a monastery for men
  • \ˈa-bət\
  • noun
Term
Erratic
Definition
  • My sinker has been my most erratic pitch
  • Having no fixed course : wandering
  • \i-ˈra-tik\
  • Adjective
Term
Militate
Definition
  • All theses factors militated to a different priority source. 
  • To have weight or effect
  • \ˈmi-lə-ˌtāt\
  • verb
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Progeny
Definition
  • Many Americans are progenies of immigrants. 
  • Offspring of animals or plants
  • \ˈprä-jə-nē\
  • noun
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