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WL 13-2
Vocab/Roots
19
English
10th Grade
03/28/2010
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Acolyte
 Definition
n-follower; altar boy
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Atavism
 Definition
n-reverting back to the traits of one's ancestors
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Bedizen
 Definition
v-to gaudily adorn
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Canto
 Definition
n-division of a poem
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Crevice
 Definition
n-narrow crack
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Deify
 Definition
v-to treat as godlike
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Ductile
 Definition
adj-capable of being drawn into wire; easily led
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Ennobling
 Definition
v-uplifting
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Flotsam
 Definition
n-floating wreckage
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Gubernatorial
 Definition
adj-of or pertaining to the state governor
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Lionize
 Definition
v-to treat as a celebrity
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Moratorium
 Definition
n-suspension of activity; legally-granted delay in the payment of debts
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Obituary
 Definition
n-notice of a person's death
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Prognosticate
 Definition
v-to predict
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Raconteur
 Definition
n-storyteller
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Sybarite
 Definition
n-pleasure-loving person
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Unwonted
 Definition
adj-unaccustomed
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deus

canto

 Definition

god

sing
Term

duc, duct

What is jetsam?

 Definition

1)to lead

2)items on ship thrown overboard to make it lighter
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