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Hiroshima Vocab. Week II
week II vocab.
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10th Grade
04/25/2010

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Term
Abstinence
Definition

(n)the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something

Syn: withholding

Ant: indulgence

Example Sentance: I began drinking again after my 3 years of abstinence

Term
Consecration
Definition

(v) make or declare something sacred; dedicated formally to a religious purpose

Syn: blessing

Ant: deprive of blessing

Example Sentance: Father Kleinsorge consecrated the wine before serving it out to the audience in mass that morning. 

Term
Emanate
Definition

(v) give out or emit 

Syn: radiate

Ant: withdraw

Example sentance: Hitler gave off an emanate aura of evilness and wickedness.

Term
Hedonistic
Definition

(adj) the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self indulgence

Syn: pleasure-seeking

Ant: sacrifice

Example sentance: The disciples became less hedonistic when they became followers of Christ.

Term
Immolate
Definition

(v)kill or offer as a sacrifice

Syn: yield

Ant: ?

Example sentance: I gave him one immolate before I left for my plane. 


Term
Incendiary
Definition

(adj) designed to cause fires; stir up conflict

Syn: combustible; inflammatory

Ant: peacemaking

Example sentance: Incendiary devices have been created all through out the beginning of war history. 

Term
Incessant
Definition

(adj) continuing without  pause or interruption

Syn: ceaseless 

Ant: occasional

Example sentance: The sacrificial drums beat on with an incessant slow steady beat all day long.

Term
Inconsolable
Definition

(adj) not able to be comforted or alleviated

Syn: heartbroken

Ant: joyfullness

Example Sentance: The result of this war is too many innocent deaths and inconsolable widows and families.  

Term
Notorious
Definition

(adj) famously known for a bad deed 

Syn: infamous

Ant: famous

Example sentance: The character, "Joker", in the cartoon comic Batman, is notorious  creative deaths of people. 

Term
Precedent
Definition

(n) an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.

Syn: model

Ant: ?

Example Sentance: There are a few precedents for the heir of the English crown.

Term
Putrescence
Definition

(n) the process of undergoing decay;rotting

Syn:breakdown

Ant: growing

Examples sentence: The vultures began their feast on the putrescence deer. 

Term
Reconnaissance
Definition

(n) military observation of a region to locate an enemy ascertain strategic procedures

Syn: exploration

Ant: stay put

Example sentence: My dad went on reconnaissance missions when serving as a soldier for the U.S. 

Term
Remit
Definition

(v) cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting

Syn: cancel

Ant: hold; keep

Example sentence: I wish I could've remitted my email to my ex.  

Term
Repugnant
Definition

(adj) extremely distasteful; unpleasent

Syn: repulsive

Ant: friendly

Examples sentence: The very thought of hunting again with his grandpa was repugnant to the boy.

 

Term
Sampan
Definition

(n) a small boat of a kind used in the Far East; typically with an oar(s) at the stern. 

Syn: a dinghy 

Ant: a train

Example sentance: The pirates stole all the treasure from the poor little Sampan

Term
Succinct
Definition

(adj) briefly and clearly expressed (espec. in writings) 

Syn: crisp

Ant: verbose

Example sentence: My poor brother has no concept of succinct sentences, instead all of his sentences are the size of paragraphs!

Term
Tyranny
Definition

(n) cruel and oppressive govern't rule. 

Syn: dictatorship

Ant: democracy

Example sentence: One of the worst tyranny's known in history was the Nazi rule over Europe. 

Term
Unanimity
Definition

(n) fully in agreement

Syn: harmony

Ant: disagreement

Examples sentence: I wish the world could be in unanimity about the different shades of skincolor we are.  

Term
Verdant
Definition

(adj) rich with grass or other rich vegetation

Syn: leafy

Ant: dead

Example sentence: The hills right beside the Hagen Woods were lush and verdant in the morning sun. 

Term
Volition
Definition

(n) the faculty or power of using one's will

Syn: free will

Ant: un-control

Examples sentence: After the Japanese dropped the bomb on Pearl Harbor many American men joined the military out of their own volition. 

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