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Lesson 7-D
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Language - English
10th Grade
03/08/2009

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Affable
Definition
Easy to speak to, Approachable, friendly, Polite
Not to be spoken,Taboo
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Ineffable
Definition
Beyond Description; Indescribable
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Dictatorial
Definition
Domineering; autocratic, like a dictator
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Diction
Definition
Choice of words in speech and writing
A person's manner of uttering or pronouncing words.
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Dictum
Definition
An authoritative expression of opinion
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Ditty
Definition
A simple song
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Edict
Definition
A decree or proclamation issued by an authority.
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Indict
Definition
To issue a formal charge of a crime.
To accuse.
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Indite
Definition
To write, to Compose
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Interdiction
Definition
A prohibition, the act of forbidding
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Jurisdiction
Definition
Control and authority, especially to interpret ad exercise the law.
The specific area of someone's or somethings control or authority.
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Malediction
Definition
A curse
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Valediction
Definition
a bidding farewell, a leave taking; a farewell speech.
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Gloss
Definition
An explanation of a difficult expression in a text. To explain away.
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Polyglot
Definition
A person who knows several languages well.
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Fateor, Fari, Fassum
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L, To Speak, To Confess, To Admit
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Dico, dicere, Dixi, Dictum
Definition
L, To say, to Tell
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Glossa, Glotta
Definition
G, Tongue, Language
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Babbitt
Definition
Self-satisfied Person, Buisness, Materal Success, George F. Babbitt from Sinclair Lewis
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Brobdingnagian
Definition
Gigantic, After Brobingnag, land of giants from novel Gulliver's Travels.
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Bumble
Definition
Clumsily, Humming droning sound; A clumsy religious figure (beadle)
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Cinderella
Definition
Gains affluence after obscurity and neglect, Beauty/worth remains unrecognized
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Don Juan
Definition
Seducer to women
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Don Quixote
Definition
Overly idealistic, impossible dreams
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Panglossian
Definition
Blindly or misleadingly optimistic, Candide.
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Falstaffian
Definition
Wit and bawdy humor, The merry wives of winsor.
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Frankenstein
Definition
Threatens/destroys creator
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Friday
Definition
faith, willing, savage found by Robinson Crusoe.
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Galahad
Definition
Pure,noble man, king arther. Found holy grail.
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Jekyll and Hyde
Definition
Two sided personality. Robert Louis Steveson.
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Lilliputian
Definition
Very small person, petty. Gulliver's travels.
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Definition
Childrens clothing. A beautiful pampred boy, Cedric Errol
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Lothario
Definition
Interest in seducing women. the Fair Penitent by Nochols Rowe.
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