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courage SCP 3rd period
VL2
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English
10th Grade
02/15/2011

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Term
Ambition
Definition

An earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, & the willingnesses to strive for it's attainment.

Verb.

Term
Differentiate
Definition

To become inlike or dissimilar; change in character.

Verb

Term
ideals
Definition

A conception of something in its perfection.

Adjective.

Term
integrity
Definition

Adherence to moral & ethical pronciples; soundness of moral character; honesty.

 

Term
Speculate
Definition

To engage in thought or reflection; meditate.

Verb.

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abstinence
Definition

forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, espcially from the use of alcohlic beverages.

Noun.

Term
ambulatory
Definition

of, pertaining to, or capable of walking.

Adjective

Term
devoid
Definition

Not possessing, untouched by, void, or destiute.

Adjective

Term
diatribe
Definition

A bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism.

Noun.

Term
didatic
Definition

Intended for instruction, instrustive.

Adjective.

Term
diffident
Definition

lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitnesses.

Adjective.

 

Term
disillusion
Definition

To free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism.

Verb.

 

Term
Futile
Definition

Incapable of producing any result, ineffective, useless, not successful.

Adjective

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mandatory
Definition

Having the nature or powers of a mandate, obligatory, compulsory.

Adjective

 

Term
melancholy
Definition

a constituional tendency to gloominess or depression.

Adjective.

Term
morbid
Definition

Suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude.

Adjective.

Term
Munificent
Definition

Extremely liberal in giving, very generous.

Adjective

Term
Nostalgia
Definition

A wistful desire to return in thought or i fact to a former time one's life to one's home or homeland, to ones family & friends.

Noun.

Term
Scoffed
Definition

To speak derisively, mock, jeer.

Verb

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Trajectory
Definition

The path described by an object moving in air or space inder the influence of such forces as trust, wind resistance, & gravity.

Adjective.

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