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Hiroshima 2
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20
English
10th Grade
04/27/2010

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Term
Abstinence 
Definition

  • noun
  • restraint from desires 
  • syn; avoid ant; talk 
  • To quite smoking you have to maintain a complete abstinence from the smoke. 

Term
Consecration
Definition

  • noun
  • sanctification 
  • syn; blessing ant; hate
  • The consecration of the church was preceded for a very long time. 

Term
Emanate
Definition

  • verb
  • come forth
  • syn; give ant; take 
  • The cash register would emanate from each speaker. 

Term
Hedonistic 
Definition

  • adjective

Term
Immolate
Definition

  • verb
  • sacrifice
  • syn; suffer ant; peaceful 
  • The tested person is pressured to look at the already immolate victim. 

Term
Incendiary 
Definition

  • adjective
  • causing trouble
  • syn; dangerous ant; peacemaking
  • An incendiary bomb went through the kitchen roof. 

Term
Incessant 
Definition

  • adjective
  • never-ending
  • syn; timeless ant; broken 
  • The only problem with Rsm's weather is the incessant rain. 

Term
Inconsolable
Definition

  • adjective
  • brokenhearted
  • syn; sad ant; happy
  • After the soccer game the girl didnt blame herself for the lost but she still remains inconsolable for losing. 

Term
Notorious
Definition

  • adjective
  • known for a trait
  • syn; popular ant; loner
  • The camera had been set up near a notorious blackspot. 

Term
Precedent
Definition

  • noun
  • authoritative example
  • syn; 
  • There is no biblical precedent or help for us.

Term
Putrescence 
Definition

  • noun
  • decay
  • syn; dying ant; alive 
  • Japan was in putrescence after the atomic bomb. 

Term
Reconnaissance
Definition

  • noun
  • inspection 
  • syn; search ant; hide 
  • They used technical means to avoid the enemy reconnaissance. 

Term
Remit 
Definition

  • verb 
  • sent
  • syn; give ant; keep 
  • The person remit would extend to 18 years old. 

Term
Repugnant
Definition

 

  • adjective
  • bad
  • syn; mean ant; friendly 
  • The soccer player plays so repugnant in his games. 

 

Term
Sampan
Definition
Term
Succinct 
Definition

  • adjective
  • brief
  • syn; short ant; tall 
  • In the office you have to keep the documents succinct. 

Term
Tyranny
Definition

  • noun
  • dictatorship 
  • syn; fascism any; democracy
  • We should defer to the tyranny of the majority. 

Term
Unanimity 
Definition

  • noun
  • complete agreement
  • syn; peace ant; war 

Term
Verdant
Definition

  • adjective
  • blooming
  • syn; fresh ant; dying
  • Verdant grasslands lies brown beneath my feet. 

Term
Volition
Definition

  • noun
  • free wil 
  • syn; choice ant; 

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