Word Within The Word Lesson 7 Terms

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NUMERous

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adj. very many; being or existing in great quantity; consisting of or comprising a great number of units or individuals

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FORTitude

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n. mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously

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OSTEOblast

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n. a bone-forming cell

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ORNITHopter

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n. a heavier-than-air craft designed to be propelled through the air by flapping wings; a machine shaped like an aircraft that is held aloft and propelled by wing movements

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megaloPOLIS

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n. a very large city; an urban region, especially one consisting of several large cities and suburbs that adjoin each other

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transFUSion

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n. the act or process of transfusing (v. meaning: to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill; to diffuse into or through; permeate; infuse)

Medical- the direct transferring of blood, plasma, or the like into a blood vessel

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EGOtistical

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adj. pertaining to or characterized by egotism (n. meaning: excessive and objectionable reference to oneself in conversation or writing; conceit; boastfulness); given to talking about oneself; vain; boastful; opinionated; indifferent to the well-being of others; selfish

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inSPIRe

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vt. to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence; to produce or arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.); to influence or impel; to animate, as an influence, feeling, thought, or the like, does; to communicate or suggest by a divine or supernatural influence; to guide or control by divine influence

vi. to give inspiration; to inhale

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DIAlect

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n. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially; a special variety of language; a provincial, rural, or socially district variety of a language that differs from the standard language, especially when considered as substandard; jargon

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ACRimony

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n. sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.

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ACROphobia

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n. a pathological or abnormal fear of heights

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exCULPatory

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adj. tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt

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DERMatitis

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n. inflammation of the skin

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ZOdiac

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n. a circuit or round; an imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8 degrees on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets. It contains twelve constellations and helve twelve divisions called signs of the zodiac. Each division, however, because of the precession of the equinoxes, now contains the constellation west of the one from which it took its name; a circular or elliptical diagram representing this belt, and usually containing pictures of the animals, human figures, etc., that are associated with the constellations and signs

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PERforation

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n. a hole, or one of a series of holes, cored or punched through something, as those between individual postage stamps of a sheet to facilitate separation; a hole made or passing through a thing; the act of perforating; the condition or state of being perforated

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PACification

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n. the act or process of pacifying (v. meaning: to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm; to appease; to reduce to a star of submission, especially by military force; subdue)

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BREVity

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n. shortness of time or duration; briefness; the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness

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NECRObiosis

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n. the death of cells or tissue caused by aging or disease (comparable to necrosis: death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue)

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URBanite

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n. a resident of a city or urban community

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PUGNacious

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adj. inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative

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ECTOmorph

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n. a person of the ectomorphic type; a person having a lean, slightly muscular body build

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rhinoPLASTy

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n. plastic surgery of the nose; the process of molding noses through surgery

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mystAGOGue

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n. someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments; a person whose teachings are said to be founded on mystical revelations

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minusCuLE

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adj. very small; letters that are small or not capital

n. a small cursive script developed in the 7th century a.d. from the uncial, which it afterward superseded; a minuscule letter

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ILlogical

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adj. not logical; contrary to or disregardful of the rules of logic; unreasoning