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english two honors
vocabulary
10
Language - English
10th Grade
08/18/2011

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Term
torpor
Definition
(N) INACTIVITY;LAZINESS--People tell me i am lazy because my work is never completed but they do not know that i have been in torpor for the last three weeks.
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paucity
Definition
(N)AN EXTREME LACK OF--I soon realized that there was paucity food in my house
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Ebullience
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(N)INTENSE ENTHUSIASM-- People like me a lot because i show ebullience to their dreams.
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Farce
Definition
(N)AN ABSURDLY RIDICULOUS SITUATION the zoo turned completly farce after the lions escaped.
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frenetic
Definition
(ADJ)WIDLY EXCITED-- Cats get frenetic over string,because they find it entertaining.
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garrulous
Definition
(ADJ) GIVEN TO EXCESSIVE-- the amount of medicine the doctor gave me was way to garrulous and i declined because i would be over using it.
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Gratuitous
Definition
(ADJ) GIVEN FREELY-- Gahndi was consider a gratuitous leader because he gave his time to change the world
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inspid
Definition
(ADJ)UNINTERESTING-- I have a very inspid math teacher,all he does is talk and that gets boring
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ponderous
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(ADJ)MASSIVE--i definitly do not have a ponderous body because people tell me i look like a twig
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sonorous
Definition
(ADJ)HAVING OR PRODUCING SOUND-- birds during early dawn have a sonorous voice and it usually wakes me up
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