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11th Grade Words for Dehcho Divisional Education Council |
abnegation
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n. repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others |
abomasum
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n. the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place |
anneal
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v. bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling |
catachresis
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n. strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') |
frangipani
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n. any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers |