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11th Grade
11/17/2007

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Term

Deleterious

 

Skiing without a helmet can lead to deleterious consequences.

Definition
adj. having an often obscure/harmful effect
Term

Despoil

 

The robbers desoiled the family of all its valuables.

Definition
adj. to strip of possessions, rob
Term

Ubiquituous

 

Air is ubiquituous to the world.

Definition
adj. existing or being everywhere at the same time
Term

Perpetuate

 

He perpetuated himself by having his name remembered.

Definition
v. to cause to last indefinetaly
Term

Supplant

 

He supplanted the king and became ruler.

Definition
v. to overthrow, to take place of (usually w/ force)
Term

Chronicle

 

The journalist chronicled the events in the story incorrectly so his final article confused everyone.

Definition
v. to put in order, record
Term

Upbraid

 

"Momma ubraided you like that because you was a coward."

Definition
v. to critisize severly
Term

Indolent

 

His indolent son chose to to sleep and eat all day.

Definition
adj. lazy
Term

Listless

 

The listless feeling in the air made everyone drowsy.

Definition
adj. lazy, not moving
Term

Mercurial

 

His mercurial nature made him someone who wasn't to be trusted with errand and favors.

Definition
adj. inconsistant
Term

Cognitive

 

We can say that Eugene's cognitive skills aren't very up to par due to his SAT score.

Definition
adj. related to the brain
Term

Ephemeral

 

You will regret the ephemeral joys that you have now when you don't get into college.

Definition
adj. short lived
Term

Exhume

 

The coffin was exhumed and looted last night.

Definition
v. to take out of the ground
Term

Laud

 

Timmy's parents never lauded him and because of that, he had very little self-esteem.

Definition
v. praise
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Ameliorate

 

Joseph's problems weren't ameliorated even after he got a new job.

Definition

v. to make better

 

Term

Prosaic

 

The prosaic professor made the economics class very unenjoyable.

Definition
n. boring, straightforward, factual, dull, unimaginable
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