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Week Six roots
Mr. Capovilla's class
10
Literature
Not Applicable
09/23/2004

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Term
atrocious
Definition
adj.
Exceedingly bad; wicked or cruel; abominable
(Clue: Supercalafradgalisticexpialidocious)
Term
Insipid
Definition
adj. Flavorless; dull or unexciting; lifeless
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discern
Definition
adj
Very careful; dilligent; requiring great care; meticulous
(clue: d is for dilligent)
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Deteriorate
Definition
v.
To become worse or less valuable; to deminish
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Lament
Definition
v.
To feel deep sorrow; to express sorrow or mouning for; to grieve;
n.
An expression of grief; a song or poem
expressing grief
(Clue: Lemis)
Term
Painstaking
Definition
n.
Pity for somone else's suffering, along with a desire to help
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Composure
Definition
v.
To detect with one of the senses, to notice; to recognize as different or to identify as separate; to come to know mentally, to judge
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Repress
Definition
v.
to restrain; to keep or put down
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Loathe
Definition
v.
to restrain; to keep or put down
(clue: grinch)
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Compassion
Definition
n.
Self-posession; tranquility
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