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E9 TKMB 6-11
TKM 6-11 Terms (24)
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English
9th Grade
02/09/2009

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COMMOTION (n)
Definition
violent or tumultuous motion; agitation; noisy disturbance.
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ARTICULATE (adj)
Definition
uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
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PUNY (adj)
Definition
of less than normal size and strength; weak.
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INORDINATE (adj)
Definition
not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive
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CHANGELING (n)
Definition
an ugly, stupid, or strange child left by fairies in place of a pretty, charming child
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MALIGNANT (adj)
Definition
very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect
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MORTIFY (v)
Definition
to cause to experience shame, humiliation
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OPPRESSIVE (adj)
Definition
difficult to bear, burdensome
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LINEAMENT (n)
Definition
a definitive or characteristic feature
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GRAVITATE (v)
Definition
to be attracted by or as if by an irresistible force
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PALLIATION (n)
Definition
the act of relieving or lessening without curing
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CARICATURE (n)
Definition
a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things
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PERPLEXITY (n)
Definition
a tangled, involved, or confused condition or situation
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INNATE (adj)
Definition
possessd at birth; inborn
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ASCERTAINING (v)
Definition
to discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation
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MORPHODITE (n)
Definition
shortened version of hermaphrodite -an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present
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APOPLECTIC (adj)
Definition
Extremely angry; furious
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COMPENSATION (n)
Definition
something given or received as an equivalent for services, debt, loss, injury, suffering, lack, etc.
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VISCOUS (adj)
Definition
of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive
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DEPORTMENT (n)
Definition
the conduct or obedience of a child in school, as graded by a teacher
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ESSENCE (n)
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The most important ingredient; the crucial element
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INGENUOUS (adj)
Definition
artless; innocent; naive
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UNDULATE (v)
Definition
to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion
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ANALOGOUS (adj)
Definition
corresponding in some particular
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