English III ; Week 15
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L_McElveen on May 10, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Inauspicious | Ex: Not favorable ; unlucky Sen: Walking under a ladder is inauspicious. |
| Indubitably | Ex: Unquestionable. Sen:Jim is undoubtedly/indubitably a homosexual. |
| Heterodox | Ex: Departing from the usual beliefs; unorthodox. Sen:And such mission is not done by fire and sword, as so often heterodox missionaries have done. |
| Iniquity | Ex: Wickedness; an unjust or unrighteous act Sen:iniquity of thy people, thou last covered all their sin. |
| Haughty | Ex: Departing from the usual beliefs; unorthodox. Ex: Sen:The haughty ways she displayed her work turned off her peers. |
| Disdainful | Ex: Proudly aloof scornful; arrogant Sen:He regarded their proposal with disdain. |
| Misguidance | Ex: Poor judgement leading to misconduct. Sen:misguide others by addition and false interpretation, relying on books that they wrote themselves. |
| Demeanor | Ex: Outward behavior. Sen:She gets along much better with toga, who has a gentle demeanor. |
| Inscrutable | Ex: Mysterious; not easily understood. Sen:Difficult to know, quite inscrutable people, according to nick from the embassy. |
| Repugnance | Ex: Extreme distaste. Sen:we also recognize the moral repugnance that many have with the killing of animals for food. |
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