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Word for the Dazed Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook. Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook.
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indigenous / in-dij’- n s/ adj. [< L. indegena, a native] 1. belonging to a particular region or country 2. native
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indigenous Mimosas are indigenous to Alabama and throughout the South.
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Word for the Dazed Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook. Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook.
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surmise /s r miz ’ / vt,vi. [< OFr. sur-, upon + mettre, put] 1. to guess
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surmise One could surmise an attack upon Iraq is in the offing.
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Word for the Dazed Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook. Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook.
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visage /viz’-ij/ n. [<L. videre,see] 1. the face; countenance 2. aspect; look
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visage One glance at the gloved one’s visage is enough to cause children to run in terror. Oh, lighten up. It’s just a joke!
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Word for the Dazed Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook. Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook.
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entrails /en’-tralz/ n. [<L. interaneus, internal] 1. the inner organs; specifically the intestines
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entrails Many parents are leery of allowing their young children to watch horror films because of the entrails that ooze from victims in the movies.
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Word for the Dazed Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook. Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook.
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parricide /p r’- -sid / n. [<L. parere, beget + cide, to kill] 1. the act of murdering one’s parent, close relative
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The most infamous case of parricide in the last several years was that of Erik and Lyle Menendez.
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Word for the Dazed Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook. Please copy the following vocabulary into the “Word for the Dazed” section of your notebook.
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harbinger /här’-bin-j r/ n. [<OFr., herberge, a shelter] 1. a forerunner; herald
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harbinger The prejudice exposed in the town of Maycomb was a harbinger of the struggles that took place in the 1960’s.
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