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Vocab 9/12/11
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Language - English
9th Grade
09/15/2011

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Term
Abrogate
Definition

verb; repeal or do away with (a law, right or formal agreement)

(synonym: repeal)

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Bellicose
Definition

adjective; demonstrating agression and willingness to fight 

(synonym: hostile)

 

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Jejune
Definition

adjective; naive, simplistic, and superficial

(synonym: naive)

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Kowtow
Definition
verb; act in an expressively submissive manner (synonym: prostrate or grovel)
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Laissez Faire
Definition
noun; abstention by governments from from interfering in the working of the free market (synonym: free enterprise)
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Mitosis
Definition
noun; a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth
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Nomenclature
Definition
noun; the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline
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Obsequious
Definition

adjective; obediant or attentive to and excessive or servile degree

(synonym: brown-nosing)

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Paradigm
Definition

noun; a worldview underlying the theories and methodolgy of a specific scientific subject

(synonym: worldview)

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Quasar
Definition

noun; a massive and extremly remote celestial object, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy

(quasi-stellar radio source)

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