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Grat - ferous vocab words for ms. bedtelyon's class
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Language - English
11th Grade
03/27/2011

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gratis
Definition
without charge or payment; free
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gratuitous
Definition
1. given freely; gratis 2. unwarranted
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ingratiate
Definition
esatblish in the favor or in the good graces of another
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moribund
Definition
dying; near death
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auriferous
Definition
bearing of yielding gold
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rigor mortis
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stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death
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corporal
Definition
bodily, as corporla punishment
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corpus delicti
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1. facts proving that a crime has been comitted 2. body of the vixtim in a murder case
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espirit de corps
Definition
spirit of a body of persons
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habeus corpus
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2. rifgth of a citizen to secure court protection against illegal imprisonment
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proliferous
Definition
producing new growth rapidly and extensively
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conducive
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tending to lead to; helpful
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ductile
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1. able to be drawn out or hammered thin 2. easily led; docile
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viaduct
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brideg for conducting a road or railroad over a valley, river, etc.
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consecutive
Definition
following in regularly order; successive
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sequential
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arranged in a sequence; serial
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concur
Definition
1. agree; be at the same opinion 2. happen together; coincide
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cursory
Definition
running over hastily; superficially done
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discursive
Definition
wandering from one topic to another; rambling; digressive
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egress
Definition
means of going out; exit
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gradient
Definition
slope
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graduated
Definition
arranged in regular steps, stages, or degrees
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retrograde
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1. going backward 2. becoming worse
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expedite
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1. facilitate 2. accelerate or speed up
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impediment
Definition
1. hindrance; obstacle 2. defect
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pedesstrian
Definition
person traveling on foot
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contiguous
Definition
touching; in physical contact; adjoining
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contingent
Definition
1. dependent on something else 2. accidental
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tact
Definition
sensitive moral perception of what is appropriate on a given occasion
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tactile
Definition
1. pertaining to the sense of touch 2. tangible
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tangential
Definition
meerly touching; slightly disconnected; digressive
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apprehensive
Definition
1. quick to understand or grasp 2. fearful of what may come; anxious
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prehensile
Definition
adapted for seizing
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reprehensible
Definition
deserving of censure; culpable
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conjecture
Definition
a guess; supposition; inference
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projectile
Definition
1. onbject designed to be shot forward 2. anything thrown forward
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aversion
Definition
feeling of repugnance toward something with a desitre to turn away fromit; strong dislike; antipathy
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diversion
Definition
entertainment; amusement
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extrovert
Definition
one more interested in matters outside the self than in one's own thoughts and feelings
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obverse
Definition
side turned toward the observer
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perverse
Definition
turned away from what is right or good
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vertigo
Definition
condition in which one feels one's surroundings are turning about; dizziness
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somniferous
Definition
bearing or inducing sleep
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emissary
Definition
person sent out on a mission
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emit
Definition
send out; give off
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missive
Definition
written message sent; a letter
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remiss
Definition
negligient; careless; lay
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circumlocution
Definition
roundabout way of speaking
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grandiloquent
Definition
using lofty or pompous words
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loquacious
Definition
talkative; garrulous
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vociferous
Definition
producing a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy
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