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Anthem Vocab
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10th Grade
10/18/2009

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ecstasy
Definition

A rapturious delight, and overpowering emotion or exaltation

 

Term
Abyss
Definition
A deep immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void: "lost in the vast          of space and time"
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 Furrowed
Definition

A narrow groove made in the ground-trenchlike depression

  1. To make long, narrow, shallow trenches in; plow.
  2. To form grooves or deep wrinkles in.
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Defiled
Definition

To make foul, dirty, or unclean, pollute, taint, disease

  1. A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.
  2. A rut, groove, or narrow depression: snow drifting in        
  3. A deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.
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Atone
Definition

To make amends or reperations as for an offense or a crime

  1. To make amends, as for a sin or fault: These crimes must be        for.
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Approbation
Definition

Approval; commendation

  1. An expression of warm approval; praise.
  2. Official approval.
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Advocate
Definition
to speak or write in favor of, reccomend publicly
  1. One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender: an     of civil rights.
  2. One that pleads in another's behalf; an intercessor:         for abused children and spouses.
  3. A lawyer.
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Baseness
Definition
Morally low; of little or no value. worthless
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Depraved
Definition
Corrupt, wicked, or perverted
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Discerning
Definition

to percieve by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect

Exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; perceptive.

 

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Fluid
Definition
Changing, readily, shifting, not fixed or stable, or rigid
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fluid.
  2. Readily reshaped; pliable.
  3. Smooth and flowing; graceful: the       motion of a cat.
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Heedless
Definition
careless, thoughtless, umindful
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