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English Vocab 3
English Vocab 3
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10th Grade
01/17/2012

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adumbrate
Definition
faintly outline, indicate faintly
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adventitious
Definition
happening due to chance as opposed to plan, not native
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complaisance
Definition
tendency to yield to the wills of others
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parataxis
Definition
combining sentences through conjunction
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polysyndeton
Definition
use of many conjunctions in a sentence to add meaning
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idiom
Definition
expression whose meaning is not discernable from the definitions of its components
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liminality
Definition
transitional phase of a rite of passage, lack of social status/rank
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erasmus
Definition
???
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contumacy
Definition
refusal to obey authority
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lagiography
Definition
study/biography of saints
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synaesthesia
Definition
confusion of the senses
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senecene
Definition
process of aging
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elegy
Definition
melancholy song or poem, performed at funerals
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nominal
Definition
relating to names
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dyseptic
Definition
indigestion and irration assiociated with such
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misanthropic
Definition
hatred of human species/nature
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esthesia
Definition
mental responsiveness/awareness
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gormandize
Definition
to eat glutoonosly
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hoi polloi
Definition
the many
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laudatory
Definition
expressing praise
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