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vocab plus set 1
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English
7th Grade
09/08/2010

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Term
aberration
Definition
  • noun
  • a deviation form what is normal or proper
  • the cilds dinner table manners were an aberration
Term
bequeath
Definition
  • verb
  • to leave to another by will after one's death.  to hand down
  • My mother bequeath the family restraunt to only me.
Term
capitulate
Definition
  • verb
  • to surrender
  • once there were only 51 seconds left in the supper bowl the other team capitulated
Term
debilitate
Definition
  • verb
  • to make feeble; to weaken
  • the chicken pox debilitated him for five days
Term
ensconce
Definition
  • verb
  • to settle in a safe, sung, or hidden place
  • To get away from her brother Sally ensconce in to the pantry
Term
felicity
Definition
  • noun
  • 1. great happiness
  • 2. a pleasing manner or style
  • 1. I loved the day of felicity when i came in first place in tennis.
  • 2. The felicity of my tv show was a hit.
Term
glutton
Definition
  • noun
  • a person who eats or consumes to excess; a person who engages in a particular activity to excess
  • My mother is a glutton of chocolate coverd almonds
Term
hamlet
Definition
  • noun
  • a small village
  • Sally is happy she is leaving her hamlet and moving to NYC
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