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English vocab list 2
Mrs. Mann
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English
11th Grade
03/25/2010

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Cairns
Definition
a heap of stones up as a landmark, monument, and tombstone
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Lichen
Definition
Composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a colorful tent that grow in leaf, crust like, or branching forms on rocks, trees
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Traversing
Definition
To passs or move over, along, or through
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Flagon
Definition
a large bottle for wine, liquors
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Premonition
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a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment.
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Altimeter
Definition
a sesitive aneroid barometer that is graduated and calibrated, use chiefly in aircraft for finding distance above sea level, terrain, or some other reference point by a comparison of air pressures
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Psychedelic
Definition
of or noting a mental state characterized by aprofound sense of intesified sensory perception
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Reincarnation
Definition
the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form
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Thaumaturgy
Definition
the working of wonders or miracles; magic
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Acquiescence
Definition
the act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit assent
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Metastatic
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the transference of disease-producing organisms or of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by the way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces
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Cuisine
Definition
a style or quality of cooking; cookery
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Cotoneaster
Definition
any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the rose family
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