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Oral Vocab #1
Vocab Word List 1-5
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English
11th Grade
10/03/2016

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Term
ACTUARY
Definition

Noun

 

A person who calculates insurance premiums, dividends, and the like

Term
AGILE
Definition

ADJ

 

Well coordinated and quick of movement or thought

Term
ALIENATE
Definition

Verb

 

To make indifferent, unfriendly, or withdrawn

 

To set apart from

Term
ALTERCATION
Definition

Noun

 

A heated or angry argumnrt; a noisy quarrel

Term
AMBIGUOUS
Definition

ADJ

 

Having more than one possible meaning; vague and uncertain 

Term
AMIABLE
Definition

ADJ

 

Generally pleasant, friendly, and nice to be around

Term
AMITY
Definition

Noun

 

condition of peacefulness and mutual good will

Term
AMORIST
Definition

Noun

 

One who spends much time at love-making

Term

ANIMATED

Definition

ADJ

 

filled with life and spirit; active

Term
INALIENABLE
Definition

ADJ

 

 that which cannot be taken away or withheld

Term
INANIAMTE
Definition

ADJ

 

Possessing neither life nor spirit

Term
MAGNANIMOUS
Definition

ADJ

 

showing a kind of nobleness of mind and spirit; high-minded

 

All ways concerned about others never ones self

Term
ANNUITY
Definition

Noun

 

a fixed amount of money paid or received at regular intervals

Term
AQUA
Definition

Noun

 

the hue of the sea

Term
AQUACULTURE
Definition

Noun

 

the cultivation of water plants and animals for human food

Term
AQUEOUS
Definition

ADJ

 

Like, of, or formed by water; watery

Term
ARMADA
Definition

Noun

 

Any fleet of warships

Term

ARMATURE

Definition

Noun 

 

The equipment (clothing) for battle, or any protective covering

 

An armlike extension

 

Term
ARMISTICE
Definition

Noun

 

a temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement

Term

ARTIFACT

Definition

Noun

 

any object produced by (the art of) the human hand

Term
ARTIFICE
Definition

Noun

 

cunning ingenuity; clever and sly trickery

Term
ARTISAN
Definition

Noun

 

A person skilled at a craft

Term
PERENNIAL
Definition

ADJ

 

year after year; throughout the years

Term
SUPERANNUATED
Definition

ADJ

 

Worn out (retired) from age and years of hard work; obsolete

 

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