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hiroshima vocab week 2
week 2
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English
10th Grade
04/27/2010

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Term
consecration
Definition

(v) make or declare something sacred; dedicated formally to a religious purpose

Syn: blessing

Ant: deprive of blessing

 

To the poor child, a scholarship to college was quite a consecration.


Term
remit
Definition

(v) cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting

Syn: cancel

Ant: hold; keep

 

it was hard to remit from eating the ice cream in the freezer.

Term
inconsolable
Definition

(adj) not able to be comforted or alleviated

Syn: heartbroken

Ant: joyfullness

 

After the woman's father died, she was inconsolable.

Term
incendiary
Definition

(adj) designed to cause fires; stir up conflict

Syn: combustible; inflammatory

Ant: peacemaking

 

The world would be much more peaceful without the invention of incendiary weapons.

Term
repugnant
Definition

(adj) extremely distasteful; unpleasent

Syn: repulsive

Ant: friendly

The thought of eating brussel spouts was very repugnant to the young child.

Term
notorious
Definition

(adj) famously known for a bad deed 

Syn: infamous

Ant: famous

 

Bugsy Mallone was notorious for his 'gangster' ways and many murders.

Term
verdant
Definition

(adj) rich with grass or other rich vegetation

Syn: leafy

Ant: dead

The view from my backyard is beautiful because of the luscious, verdant hills.

Term
immolate
Definition

(v)kill or offer as a sacrifice

Syn: yield

Ant: prayer

 

They had to give up one immolate to the gods in order to stay safe.

Term
volition
Definition

(n) the faculty or power of using one's will

Syn: free will

Ant: un-control

 

After many teachers jobs were taken away, the others went on strike out of their own volition.

Term
succinct
Definition

(adj) briefly and clearly expressed (espec. in writings) 

Syn: crisp

Ant: verbose

 

The genius never answers a sentence wit anything less than being very succinct.

Term
incessant
Definition

(adj) continuing without  pause or interruption

Syn: ceaseless 

Ant: occasional

It was a successful work day because of the incessant rate.

Term
emanate
Definition

(v) give out or emit 

Syn: radiate

Ant: withdraw

when the girl walked out after getting dressed up her face was emanated a luminescent glow.

Term
reconnaissance
Definition

(n) military observation of a region to locate an enemy ascertain strategic procedures

Syn: exploration

Ant: stay put

There were many reconnaissance missions to locate the enemy.

Term
abstinence
Definition

(n)the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something

Syn: withholding

Ant: indulgence

I was proud when my father maintained abstinence from smoking.

Term
tyranny
Definition

(n) cruel and oppressive govern't rule. 

Syn: dictatorship

Ant: democracy

The Nazi's were a horrible form of tyranny.

Term
precedent
Definition
(n)any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situation
syn: pattern
ant: behind
A precedent was set when the court case was settled.
Term
putrescence
Definition

(n) the process of undergoing decay;rotting

Syn:breakdown

Ant: growing

The dead mammals were full of putrescence.

Term
sampan
Definition

 

(n) a small boat of a kind used in the Far East; typically with an oar(s) at the stern. 

Syn: a dinghy 

Ant: a train

The sampan was of little use or need during the raid.

Term
hedonistic
Definition

(adj) the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self indulgence

Syn: pleasure-seeking

Ant: sacrifice

The children became more and more hedonistic as they got older.

Term
unanimity
Definition

(n) fully in agreement

Syn: harmony

Ant: disagreement

My brother and i are never in unanimity, we disagree a lot.

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