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Year 3
Week 20 Vocab
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English
9th Grade
09/17/2012

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demoralize
Definition
to lower the morale; to weaken the spirit
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mores
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folkways that are considered conducive to the welfare of a society; customs of a people
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moralist
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a teacher or writer on morals; a person who moralizes
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morale
Definition
mental condition with respect to courage, discipline, confidence, willingness to endure hardship
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noxious
Definition
harmful to the health; unwholesome
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internecine
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deadly to both sides of a group involved in a conflict, as in a civil war; mutually destructive
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pernicious
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causing great injury or destruction
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innocuous
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harmless
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onerous
Definition
burdensome; laborious
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onus
Definition
a difficult or unpleasant task; blame
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exonerate
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to free from a charge of guilt
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peroration
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the concluding part of a speech
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oratorio
Definition
a dramatic musical composition usually on a religious theme and presented without stage action
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