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Mahoney Vocab
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English
11th Grade
08/22/2014

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Term
Aborigine
Definition

An original inhabitant.

Ex: The aborigines of the United States left a mark here that will never be forgotten.

 


Term
Appendage
Definition

Something attached to a larger item.

Ex: The towering high school student had a friend who was their appendage.

 

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Boudoir
Definition

A woman’s dressing room, bedroom, or private sitting room.

Ex: Once the girls found the perfect dress the store manager lead them to the boudoir to try them on.

  

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Celestial
Definition

Heavenly.

Ex: The French pastries were quite celestial.  

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Cuisine
Definition

Food; style of cooking.

Ex: My favorite cuisine is Italian she exclaimed.

 

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Dulcet
Definition

Sweet; melodious; soothing.

Ex: Mozart was playing in the background, it was very dulcet.

 

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Expletive
Definition

An exclamatory word or phrase, often obscene or profane.

Ex: She kept saying she was the most perfect thing to walk this Earth, it was quite expletive.

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Germinate
Definition

To begin to grow; sprout.

Ex: I began to put my heart and mind into it and my knowledge began to germinate.

 

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 Impropriety
Definition

Improper conduct; bad manners.

Ex: On the first day back to school they talked to us about impropriety, and if we were to act this way there would be repercussions.

 

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Kowtow
Definition

To be overly polite and flattering; to fawn.

Ex: The new girl was very kowtow to everyone, I wonder if that’s her personality or if she just wanted to be accepted and liked that much.

 

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