Vocab.list #1

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enunciate

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verb
to pronounce, articulate
to state or set forth precisely or systematically

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solicitude

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noun to care or concern, as for well-being of another

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pique

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noun- the sate of being vexation cause by a perceived slight or indignity, a feeling of wounded pride to cause to feel resentment or indignation

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incongruous

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adj. lacking in harmony, incompatible not in agreement as with principles, inconsistent not in keeping with what is correct, proper or logical inapproriate

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elocution

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noun the art of public speaking in which gestures, vocal production, and delivery are emphasized a style or manner of speaking especially in public

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eulogy

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noun
speech or written tribute praising someone who has died like at a funeral

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executor

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noun
a person who carries out or performs somthing, in the law a person who is appointed by a testator to execute a will

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emaciated

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adj. abnormally thin, unusually because of disease or starvation.

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bereaved

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adj.
suffering the loss of a loved one, to feel desolate or alone, especially because of death of a loved one.

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susceptible

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adj.
easily influence or affected, especialy senstive

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contingent

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adj.
liable to occur, but not with certainty possible, dependent on conditions that have not happened yet
noun- an event or condition that is likely but not inevitable, a share of quota of troops

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delineate

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verb- to draw or trace the outline of, sketch out, to represent pictorially, depict in words or gestures

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effete

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adj.
depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness eshausted marked by self-indulgence, triviality or decadence, overrefined, no longer productive

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faculty

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noun
an inherent power or ability any of the powers or capactities posssessed by the human mind. the ability to perform or act, any of the divitions or branches or learning at a college or university, the teachers within such a division

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founder

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verb- to sink below the water to cavein, sink, to fail utterly, collapse, to stumble especially to stumble and go lame, to become ill from overeating

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germane

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adj. being both pertinent and fitting

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interpolate

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verb- to insert or introduce between other elements or parts , to insert material into a text.

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malinger

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verb- to feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work

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pugilism

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noun- the skill, practice, and sport or fighting with the fist, boxing

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sarcopahgus

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noun- a stone coffin often inscribed or decorated with sculpture.