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Hiroshima vocab 2
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10th Grade
04/27/2010

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Term
abstinence
Definition

Noun

Restraint from desires

abstaining/excess

To prevent HIV you have to be abstinence from sexual activity.

Term

consecration

 

Definition

Noun

loyalty

ardor/disloyalty

My dogs are always by my side and are very consecration towards me.

Term
Emanate
Definition

Verb

Come forth,give off

arise/take

I had to emanate my friend a dollar for the dollar he gave me the other day.

Term
hedonistic
Definition

ADJ

person in the persuit of plessure

greedy/sharing

The rude boy over there is very hedonistic and only cares about himself.

Term
immolate
Definition

Verb

to sacrifice

suffer/happy

When i was little i had to immolate one toy to get another so i wouldnt have to many.

Term
incendiary
Definition

ADJ

Causing trouble

trouble/peace

The little boy was very incendiary in the restraunt by screaming.

Term
incessant
Definition

ADJ

never ending

ongoing/stopping

It felt like the book was incessant and never stopped.

Term
Inconsolable
Definition

ADJ

brokenhearted

broken/safe

The girl was inconsolable after braking up with her boyfriend.

Term
notorious
Definition

ADJ

widely and unfavorably known

obvious/hidden

The bully was notorious to beatting upm little kids.

Term
sampan
Definition

Noun

Boat from the far east

boat/plane

I took a sampan to Japan.

Term
precedent
Definition

noun

any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide

law/option

Its precedent that you have to be 16 to have a license.

Term
putrescence
Definition

adjective

to rot or decompose

decompose/grow

The putrescence fish semlt awful.

Term
reconnaissance
Definition

noun

a search made for useful military information in the field,

exploration/sheltered

The marines use reconnaissances to search for enemies.

Term
remit
Definition

verb

to transmit or send

send/keep

I remit to get back into class.

Term
repugnant
Definition

 

adjective

distasteful or odious

nauseting/pleasing

What I find repugnant, however, is the lack of honesty.

 

 

Term

succinct

 

Definition

adjective

expressed in few words; concise; terse.
blunt/descriptive

The speech was very succinct and blunt.

Term
tyranny
Definition

noun

the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.
dictatorship/monarchy
Stalins type of rule was tyranny.
Term
unanimity
Definition

noun

majority of opinion

consensus/individual

The elction is unanimty of the population.

Term

verdant

 

Definition

adjective

green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass

fresh/dead

The rain forest is very verdant.

 

Term
volition
Definition

noun

 choice or decision made by the will.
choice/controlled
I had the volition to go to the movie.
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