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vocab for col camps vocab test number 2
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11th Grade
03/04/2009
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Cur
 Definition
to run
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curriculum
 Definition
all courses of study offered by a school
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cursory
 Definition
performed with haste
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excursion
 Definition
short journey for pleasure
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Graphien
 Definition
to write
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biography
 Definition
account of a person's life by another
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polygraph
 Definition
records psychological processes, used as a lie detector
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chirography
 Definition
penmanship
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Gustus
 Definition
to taste
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gustatory
 Definition
of or relating to sense of taste
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disgust
 Definition
excite nausea or loathing
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gusto
 Definition
vigorous enjoyment
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Meter, Metron
 Definition
to measure
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pedometer
 Definition
instrument that counts steps
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thermometer
 Definition
instrument that measures temperature
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odometer
 Definition
instrument that measures distance traveled by a vehicle
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Seco, Sectus
 Definition
to cut
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intersection
 Definition
act of cutting across, place where things cross
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dissect
 Definition
to cut apart or separate
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secateurs
 Definition
shears used for pruning
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Sensus, sentio
 Definition
to feel
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consensus
 Definition
an opinion held by most
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presentiment
 Definition
feeling that something evil will happen
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sentient
 Definition
capable of feeling or perception, conscious
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Video, Visus
 Definition
to see
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visionary
 Definition
prophet or seer, on who sees visions
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revision
 Definition
process of re-reading in order to correct
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improvise
 Definition
compose spur of the moment
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Annus, Enn
 Definition
year
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annuity
 Definition
payment of fixed sum at regular intervals, yearly
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perennial
 Definition
lasting the entire year
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per annum
 Definition
annually, by the year
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Greg
 Definition
herd, group
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congregation
 Definition
a mass or crowd of people or things
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gregarious
 Definition
living in herds or flocks
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egregious
 Definition
remarkable, outstanding, for undesirable qualities
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Murus
 Definition
wall
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intramural
 Definition
within the walls of a city
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immure
 Definition
to shut inside walls
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muralist
 Definition
painter of murals
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Nihil
 Definition
nothing
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nihilism
 Definition
denial of religion
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annihilate
 Definition
to destroy everything
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nil
 Definition
nothing, zero, immeasurably small
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Urbs
 Definition
city
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urbane
 Definition
polite and courteous, refined
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suburb
 Definition
district near outskirts of the city
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interurban
 Definition
between cities or towns
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