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Hiroshima Vocabulary
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10th Grade
06/13/2007

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Reconnaissance
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n. examination or survey, especially for military purposes.
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Incendiary
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adj. having to do with the crime of setting property on fire intentionally
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Convivial
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adj. fond of eating with friends; jovial; sociable
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Xenophobic
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adj. of having to do with xenophobia (fear of foreigners)
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Crux
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n. the essential part; most important part
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Volition
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n. act of willing; decision or choice
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Solicitous
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adj. showing care or concern; anxious; concerned
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Capricious
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adj. likely to change suddenly without reason; changeable; fickle
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Credence
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n. belief; credit
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Miasma
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n. a bad-smelling vapor rising from decaying matter on the earth
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Breviary
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book of prescribed prayers to be said daily by certain clergymen and religious of the Roman Catholic Church
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Apathetic
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adj. lacking interest or desire for action: indifferent
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Dilapidation
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n. partial ruin, falling to pieces
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Hedonistic
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adj. of having to do with hedonists or hedonism (living only for pleasure)
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Paroxysm
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n. a sudden severe attack of the symptoms of a disease, usually recurring periodically
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Atavistic
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adj. having to do with atavism (revision to a primitive type)
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Suppurated
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v. to form puss; discharge of puss; to fester
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Prefectural
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of belonging to a prefecture (a chief officer)
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Putrescence
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adj. putrescent (rotting) conditions
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Moribund
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adj. at the point of death or extinction; dying
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Buffeted
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n. a blow of the hand or fist
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Rudimentary
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adj. to be learned or studied first; elementary
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Heinous
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adj. very wicked; extremely offensive; hateful
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Ostensibly
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adv. According to appearances; declared as genuine; apparent; pretended; professed
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Precarious
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adj. not safe or secure; uncertain; dangerous; risky
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