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english
vocab #10
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Education
9th Grade
12/03/2011

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Term
Aesthetic
Definition

adjective

 

concerning art or beauty.

Term
Bulwark
Definition

noun

 

fortification, barricade, wall.

 

 

Term
Defunct
Definition

adjective

 

no longer in existence.

Term
Etymology
Definition

noun

 

the study of word origins.

Term
Hyperbole
Definition

noun


grossly exaggerated speech.

Term
Legend
Definition

noun


1) key to map 2) myth or story.

Term
Odious
Definition

adjective


hateful.

Term
Posterity
Definition

noun


future generations.

Term
Rife
Definition

adjective

 

common.

Term
Torpor
Definition

noun

 

dormancy, sluggishness, inactivity.

Term
Affable
Definition

adjective


friendly, social, easygoing.

Term
Bureaucracy
Definition

noun


officialdom.

Term
Degradation
Definition

noun


deprivation, poverty, debasement.

Term

Eulogy

Definition

noun


praise.

Term
Hypochondriac
Definition

noun


a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illness.

Term
Legion
Definition

adjective


in large numbers.

Term
Officious
Definition

adjective


domineering; intrusive; meddlesome.

Term
Posthumous
Definition

adjective


after death.

Term
Rigor
Definition

noun

 

thoroughness.

Term
Totter
Definition

verb


walk unsteadily.

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