English Vocabulary Lesson 1

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Indications

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a sign or piece of information that indicates something (n) The investigator found indications of breaking and entering.

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Abundance

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a great supply more than enough (n) There was an abundance in corn this year.

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Exquisite

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Very beautiful delicate carefully wrought (adj) The exquisite details carved into the wood was remarkable.

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Affliction

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something causing pain or suffering (N) The pateint reported afflications in his left leg.

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Ablution

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washing or cleansing the body as part of a religious rite. (N) The priest gathered together and decided whose turn it was to perform the act of ablution.

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Protruded

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jutted out (v) The bone protruded outward from the victim's knee.

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Confederate

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United with others for a common purpose (adj) The groups decided to come together in peace and create the confederate counsil.

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Disposition

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An inclination or tendency (n) I had an early disposition to ignore you completely.

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Deliberation

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careful consideration (N) With just two hours to go, the jury was still in a heated deliberation.

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Entreated

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Begged pleaded (v) I could tell my mom was not going to change her decesion so I decided to entreat her the best I knew how.

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Feigned

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Pretended fake (v) With a loss soon at my plate, a feigned injury.

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Mortality

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Death on a large scale as from disease or ware (n) The mortality rates have certainly increased this month in the country of Zambia.

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Subsisted

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maintain or support oneself at a minimal level (v) While the other team was busy debating against my team member, I abrupty interupted and subsisted on my thoughts.

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Traversed

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to travel across or through (v) Feeling like Indiana Jones, I traversed through the unknown jungle.

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Dispatched

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Sent off on a specific assignmnet (v) Finally recieving word of the location of the enemie's camp, the colonel dispatched their coordinates to the ready soldiers.

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Loathsome

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hateful detestable adj I was working on my homework, when out of nowhere, I began to detect the presence of my loathsome little sister.

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Pestilential

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likely to cause disease adj With many workers dying and complaing of many bug bites, I came to the conclusion that the mosquitos in this jungle carry some sort of deadly disease.

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Copious

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Plentiful abundant adj Almost dying from starvation, the colonist miraculously fell upon an area with vast ammounts of copious fruit trees.

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Improvident

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shortsighted failing to provide for the future adj This poor boy is not to blame for his actions, it is his improvident parents who we should be talking to.

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Avarice

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Greed for riches (n) The moral of this story is to not let the avarice of buisness thinking mind take over your moral mind.

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Pacify

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Calm soothe (v) Without a mother in sight , I was left standing there with a screaming baby that I had to somehow pacify.

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Expended

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to have spent or use by spending (v) With the population growing so rapidly, the once thriving agricultural ground has been expended of it's resources.

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Redolence

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strongly reminescent or suggestive of something (n) The english teacher, sitting with a wretched look on her face, gave the sence of redolence within the classroom.

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Autonomous

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Independent adj The seven other autonomous countries decided to ratify a treaty.

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Pilfer

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steal (v) We did not have anything else to do that Saturday night, so we all decided to go and pilfer through the garbage.

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Palisades

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large, pointed stakes set in the ground to form a fence used for defence. (n) The newly designed palisades were still no match for the natives mighty spears.

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Conceits

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strange or fanciful ideas (n) With his mind in the clouds, the spunky youngster came up with many conceits.

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Mollified

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soothed calmed (V) With the moms becoming very angry, the mall cop mollified them by opening up the children's store.

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Peril

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Danger (n) The captain told the crew that they were about the embark on a voyage, where peril is vast.

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Loath

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reluctant unwilling (adj) This boring class, made me a very loath student.

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Sundry

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various, different (adj) The sundry of colors available were unlimited.

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Recompense

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reward, repayment (N) The nice old lady should recompense those two younge men for returning her purse.

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malevolent

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malice, spitefulness (N) The malevolent eyes were easily visible to the crew of the ship.

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Obliterated

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blotted out, destroyed (v) The superhero obliterated the kneecap of his enemy.

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Trajectory

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the curved path of an object hurtling through space (n) The math professor could easily tell that the arrow's trajectory was not correct in order to hit the desired target.

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Jettisoned

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thrown overboard to lighten the weight of ship (v) Almost tipping over from the last huge swell, the cargo ship jettisoned half of it's load.

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Manifold

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In many ways (adv)

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Persevere

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Persist, be steadfast in purpose (v) The climber remembered his father's last words saying to perseverse and never give up.

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Omnipotent

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All powerful (adj) The omnipotent stem cell was very hard to locate.

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Ineffable

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Inexpressible, unable to be spoken (adj) The ineffable beauty of the island made it that much harder for the tourists to leave.

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Dolorous

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sad, mournful (adj) The dolorous mood of the play put the audience right in the emotion.

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Artifice

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Artful trickery (n) The riddler used artifice to confuse batman.

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Untoward

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Inappropriate or improper (adj) The teacher told her student that the question was untoward, and did not need to be repeated.

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Malaise

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Decline or slump (N) The hitter seemed to be in some sort of malaise.

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Malingered

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Escaped work or duty by pretending to be ill (V) The boss could stand it no longer, the worker had malingered too long.

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Immersed

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Plunged or completely submerged (v) The submarine Immersed itself into the deep blue sea.