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Jessie Bulley - Week 2
Vocab from Awakening
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English
11th Grade
09/16/2011

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Term
Languid
Definition

[lang-gwid]

Adjective

Lacking in vigor or vitality.

Mrs. Highcamp hung with languid but unaffected interest.

Term
Alacrity
Definition

[uh-lak-ri-tee]

Noun

Cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.

Victor Lebrun, who happened to be in the city, bent upon relaxation, had accepted with alacrity.

Term
Voluble
Definition

[vol-yuh-buh[image]l]

Adjective

Characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words.

She showed interest upon the volubility of her friend Victor.

 

Term
Volition
Definition

[voh-lish-uh[image]n]

Noun

The act of willing, choosing, or resolving.

It came upon her, independent of volition.

Term
Perambulate
Definition

[per-am-byuh-leyt]

Verb

To travel through.

She often stopped there during her perambulations.

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