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Lesson 4 Words
Personal Relationships
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English
9th Grade
10/19/2010

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Term
PUERILE
Definition
ADJ. childish; immature
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ORTHOPEDICS
Definition
N. branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement.
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PEDAGOGUE
Definition
N. a teacher
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PEDANT
Definition
N. 1. a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to uncerstanding
2. a scholarly show-off
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ENTITY
Definition
N. something that has real or independent existence.
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NONENTITY
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N. 1. a person or thing of no importance
2. something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination.
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ESSENCE
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N. 1. The basic element; the identifying characteristic.
2. a substance in concentrated form obtained from a plant or drug.
3. a perfume
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MORIBUND
Definition
ADJ. about to die or end
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MORTIFY
Definition
TR. V. 1.to shame
2. to discipline oneself by denial
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POSTMORTEM
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N. 1. an examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy
2.(INFORMAL) an analysis of something that is over
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EUTHANASIA
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N. the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing.
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INNATE
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ADJ. possessed at birth; inborn
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NAIVE
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ADJ. 1.childlike; unsophistocated
2. gullible
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NASCENT
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ADJ. emerging; coming into existence
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RENAISSANCE
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N. 1. a rebirth, a renewal
2. (capitalized) A revival of humanism in the 14th to 16th centure Europe.
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