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Hiroshima
Vocb Week 2
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English
10th Grade
04/25/2010

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Term
Abstinence
Definition

noun

any self-restraint, self-denial, or forbearance

Syn:self control advoidance 

Ant:excess

As a catholic, i believe in abstinence until marriage.

Term
Consecration
Definition

noun

act of consecrating; dedication to the service
Syn:devotion blessing dedication
Ant:not caring
During rehearsal I am very consecrated when i sing.

Term
Emanate
Definition

verb

come forth give off

syn:discharge emerge

ant:take withdraw

When the school bell rang, the students emanated from the school.

Term
Hedonistic
Definition

noun

a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.

Syn:greedy selfish

Ant:thinking of others

One who is hedonistic could be judged as a selfish person.

Term
Immolate
Definition

verb

to sacrifice

Syn:suffer surrender

Ant:non suffering

In order to help others you sometime will need to immolate.

Term
incendiary
Definition

adjective

used or adapted for setting property on fire

Syn:rebel criminal

Ant:peacemaking

The opposing country in war used incendiary bombs.

Term
Incessant
Definition

adjective

continuing without interruption

Syn:endless enternal

Ant:ending

Even when death occurs life is incessant, and we must go on.

Term
Inconsolable
Definition

adjective

not consolable,that cannot be comforted

Syn:heartbroken sad

Ant:happy

When her parents divorced she pushed everybody away and was inconsolable.

Term
Notorious
Definition

adjective

widely and unfavorably known

Syn:famed well known wanted

Ant:unpopular

She is notorious for being forgetful.

Term
Precedent
Definition

noun

legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule

Syn:authority

Ant:after

As Americans we have to follow precedents.

Term
Putrescence
Definition

adjective

becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction

syn:breakdown decline failing

ant:increasing moving forward

She left the meat out and it became putrescent.

Term
Reconnaissance
Definition

noun

the act of reconnoitering

Syn:review search

Ant:non search

When one is lost ojn the military fields they use reconnaissance.

Term

Remit

 

Definition

verb

to transmit or send

Syn:pay excuse

Ant:hold keep

When my sister needs money in college my parents remit her money.

Term
Repugnant
Definition

adjective

distasteful, objectionable, or offensive

Syn:bad nasty

Ant:good fresh

The meat was repugnant, so nobody ate it.

Term
Sampan
Definition

noun

any of various small boats of the Far East,

Syn:small boats

Ant:large boats

They went away in multiple sampans in the sea.

 

Term
Succint
Definition

adjective

brief to the point

Syn:blunt short

Ant:long

When people do not want to be insulting they are succint.

Term
Tyranny
Definition

noun

dictatorship

Syn:cruelty autocracy 

Ant:democracy

Many countries are in an upset because of their country's tyranny.

Term
Unanimity
Definition

noun

complete agreement
Syn:unity
Ant:disorder
The decision to drop her from the band was an unanimity.
Term
Verdant
Definition

adjective

green blooming

Syn:fresh

Ant:dying

The floers in spring time were verdant after the rains.

Term
Volition
Definition

noun

the act of willing, choosing, or resolving

Syn:choice willingness

Ant:with someone

It was her volition to break up with him.

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