11th Grade Words for Dehcho, NT, Canada

Words for 11th Grade students of Dehcho Divisional Education Council.
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 11th Grade Words for Dehcho Divisional Education Council
ablution
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n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
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
abstemious
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a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
accretion
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n. growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion
acolyte
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n. someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
alopecia
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n. loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer)
anneal
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v. bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
asseverate
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v. state categorically
bilious
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a. suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly
braggadocio
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n. vain and empty boasting
bulbul
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n. nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry
camaraderie
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n. good-fellowship; companionship; close friendship in friends or teammates
campanile
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n. a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
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')
chimerical
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a. fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
clerihew
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n. a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person
concessionaire
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n. someone who holds or operates a concession
concurrence
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n. a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together
denigrate
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v. blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
deracinate
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v. pull up by or as if by the roots
ecclesiastic
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n. minister or priest; cleric; one holding an office in the Christian ministry
egregious
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a. notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking
elegy
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n. poem or song expressing lamentation; mournful poem
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
grandiloquence
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n. high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
imbroglio
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n. a very embarrassing misunderstanding
impecunious
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a. without money; poor; penniless
implacable
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a. incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved;
incarnadine
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a. red, especially blood red; of blood red color of raw flesh
interlocutor
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n. one who speaks in dialogue or takes part in conversation
lyceum
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n. a public hall for lectures and concerts
magniloquent
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a. lofty in style
minatory
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a. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
monomania
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n. a mania restricted to one thing or idea
moribund
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a. dying; in dying state; approaching death; about to die
multifarious
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a. varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts
munificence
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n. liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
nauseous
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a. feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
noisome
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a. foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
obstreperous
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a. noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry
pellucid
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a. transparent; limpid; easy to understand
persiflage
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n. light teasing
physiognomy
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n. the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
portmanteau
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n. a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
punctilious
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a. marked by precise accordance with details
risibility
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n. a disposition to laugh
rubicund
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a. inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
simulacrum
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n. an insubstantial or vague semblance
vituperate
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v. spread negative information about