Lesson 10 Vocab
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Vinyler on January 18, 2012
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Seven Hills School - 8th Grade
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36 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Agent | Someone who works or shows loyalty to an organisation or company |
Error | A mistake, goof, or typo |
Flexible | Bendable, able to conform with the situation given |
Mission | A quest or task to achieve a goal |
Placate | To appease, soothe, pacify |
Sanguinary | accompanied by bloodshed, bloody |
Amour | An illicit love affair |
Confirm | Verify as true |
Linguist | Someone who is good with language |
Odorous | Smelly |
Primer | First |
Intact | Whole, one piece |
Complacence | Self-satisfaction |
Agenda | A series of coming events |
Primacy | State of being first |
Paramour | Illicit lover |
Inflexible | Not bendable, unable to conform |
Firmament | Heavens |
Sanguine | Blood color; optimistic |
Aberrant | Atypical, unusual |
Emit | Send out |
Deodorize | Get rid of smells |
Tactile | Pertaining to touch |
Lingo | Strange language |
Deflect | To bounce off |
Errant | Wandering, wandering outside of established limits; straying |
Prime | The best, first, and premium, first in rank, excellence, quality, importance, or time |
Linguistics | Study of language, the scientific study of language |
Contigent | Flexible, relaxed, conditional; depending on something else |
Placid | Calm, serene (particularly in nature) |
Amiable | agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly |
Manumit | to release from slavery |
Ambiguity | something that can be understood two or more possible ways |
Primogenitor | ancestor |
Multilingual | speaking two or more languages |
Malodorous | bad smelling; stinky |
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