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30 Cards in this Set
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Amenity Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Noun. something that will improve or help you in your life. Or increase the attracive ness of a l place. Colorado has several amenities such as heated pools and fresh powder for skiing on.
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averse Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Adjective. distate or dislkie something. I was adverse to the entire concept of twilight, and I feel that twilight runed all vampire and teen movies.
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complacent Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Adjective a self satisfying answer to a question or unconcerned. Students who are complement over their health are more likely to get sick.
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decompose Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. to decay and break down. When animals die their bodies will decompose until there are only bones.
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defray Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. to supply money for. The school had found extra money in the budget so they defrayed the cost of renovating the newly build gym instead of doing fund raisers.
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emanate Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. to come out from a source. The sound of the rifle shot was emanated from the barrel of the rifle.
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Envisage Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. to picture in your mind or imagine the future. The man envisaged that the Patriots would win the super bowl, and using this information convinced 99% of America to bet on the patriots, the patriots lost.
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Facetious Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. playfully or inappropriately humorous. The man explained to the soviet court that he was being facetious about want freedom.
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Fallacy Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Noun. A false or mistaken idea. China believes that Freedom of speech is a Fallacy.
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furor Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Noun. An upproar, a state of excitement or anger. The soviet town was thrown into a Furor when a little girl asked Santa for freedom.
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Idyll Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Noun. Time that is calm and care free. Last weekend started out idly and turned into a disaster when I fell of the trail.
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Paucity Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Noun. smallness in number or amount. The Paucity of food left on the boat caused the entire crew to flip a coin and whoever got heads was kicked off.
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Porous Brendan coughlin English 1 section 2
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Adjective. Full of tiny holes or space, gas and liquid can get in. The car had a porous look on it as if the car had just been taken apart and not fully put back together.
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supersede
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Verb. to replace. In life products will supersede it predecessors, so it makes sense that Apple admitted that Android superseded them in phones.
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tangible
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real or able to be touched. The dream seemed so real that the objects in it were tangible and extremely detailed.
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Amenity Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Noun. something that will improve or help you in your life. Or increase the attracive ness of a l place. Colorado has several amenities such as heated pools and fresh powder for skiing on.
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averse Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Adjective. distate or dislkie something. I was adverse to the entire concept of twilight, and I feel that twilight runed all vampire and teen movies.
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complacent Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Adjective a self satisfying answer to a question or unconcerned. Students who are complement over their health are more likely to get sick.
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decompose Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. to decay and break down. When animals die their bodies will decompose until there are only bones.
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defray Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. to supply money for. The school had found extra money in the budget so they defrayed the cost of renovating the newly build gym instead of doing fund raisers.
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emanate Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. to come out from a source. The sound of the rifle shot was emanated from the barrel of the rifle.
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Envisage Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. to picture in your mind or imagine the future. The man envisaged that the Patriots would win the super bowl, and using this information convinced 99% of America to bet on the patriots, the patriots lost.
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Facetious Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. playfully or inappropriately humorous. The man explained to the soviet court that he was being facetious about want freedom.
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Fallacy Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Noun. A false or mistaken idea. China believes that Freedom of speech is a Fallacy.
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furor Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Noun. An upproar, a state of excitement or anger. The soviet town was thrown into a Furor when a little girl asked Santa for freedom.
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Idyll Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Noun. Time that is calm and care free. Last weekend started out idly and turned into a disaster when I fell of the trail.
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Paucity Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Noun. smallness in number or amount. The Paucity of food left on the boat caused the entire crew to flip a coin and whoever got heads was kicked off.
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Porous Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Adjective. Full of tiny holes or space, gas and liquid can get in. The car had a porous look on it as if the car had just been taken apart and not fully put back together.
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supersede Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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Verb. to replace. In life products will supersede it predecessors, so it makes sense that Apple admitted that Android superseded them in phones.
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tangible Brendan Coughlin English 1 section 2
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real or able to be touched. The dream seemed so real that the objects in it were tangible and extremely detailed.
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