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Joe Student Week 1
Week 1
5
English
11th Grade
08/22/2011

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Term
INDOLENT
Definition
  • Sentence in context:  The indolent teenagers slept late, moped around, and never looked for summer jobs.
  • Indolent (IN dul lunt) adj -- lazy[image]

 

Term
INERT
Definition
  • The baseball team seemed strangely inert; it was as though they had lost the will not only to win but even to play.
  • INERT (in URT) adj -- inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically

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Term
INEFFABLE
Definition
  • The simple beauty of nature is often so ineffable that it brings tears to the eyes.
  • Ineffable (in EF uh bul) adj -- incapable of being expressed or described.

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Term
INEXORABLE
Definition
  • The inexorable waves pounded the shore, as they have always pounded it ans as they always will pound it. 
  • INEXORABLE (in EK sue uh bul) ajd -- relentless; inevitable; unavoidable

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INNOCUOUS
Definition
  • The supposedly obscene record sounded pretty innocuous to us; there weren't even any four-letter wrods in it.
  • INNOCUOUS (i NOK yoo us) adj -- harmless; banal; innocent

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