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Year 3
Week 16 Vocab
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English
9th Grade
09/17/2012

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Term
lave
Definition
to bathe; to flow against
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ablution
Definition
a washing of the body, esp. as a religious ceremony
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lavish
Definition
very generous; very abundant; prodigal
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alluvial
Definition
of, found in, or made of the soil, clay, etc. deposited by moving water
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lotic
Definition
of or living in flowing waters
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diluvial
Definition
of or caused by a flood, esp. the Deluge
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levity
Definition
gaiety of disposition; frivolity; fickleness
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levee
Definition
an embankment built along a river to prevent high water from flooding boarding land
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alleviate
Definition
to make less hard to bear
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levitation
Definition
the allusion of raising and keeping a heavy body in the air with little or no physical support
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litigation
Definition
the process of carrying on a lawsuit; a lawsuit
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litigious
Definition
giver to carrying on lawsuits; quarrelsome
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litigate
Definition
to carry on a lawsuit
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