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RL Turner 2009-2010 English Vocabulary
Vocab Week 7 RL Turner
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12th Grade
09/04/2009

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Allay
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to put to rest; to calm; to quiet; to lessen or relieve; mitigate; alleviate
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Capacious
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capable of holding much; spacious or roomy
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Diurnal
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of or pertaining to a day or each day; daily
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Extricate
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to free or release from entanglement; disengage
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Ignominious
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degrading, disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful
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Mitigate
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to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate
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Palpitate
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to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease. To pulsate, quiver, throb; tremble
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Phlegmatic
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not easily excited to action or display of emotion, apathetic; sluggish. Composed, calm
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Propitious
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presenting favorable conditions, favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive
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Prostrate
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to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration
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