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Choice Vocabulary

Choice Vocabulary. Poinsettia . Noun: A small Mexican shrub with large showy scarlet bracts surrounding the small yellow flowers, popular as a houseplant at Christmas. Tenure. guaranteed permanent employment, especially as a teacher or professor, after a probationary period.

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Choice Vocabulary

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  1. Choice Vocabulary

  2. Poinsettia Noun: A small Mexican shrub with large showy scarlet bracts surrounding the small yellow flowers, popular as a houseplant at Christmas.

  3. Tenure guaranteed permanent employment, especially as a teacher or professor, after a probationary period. Synonyms : term, holding, incumbancy Antonyms: misconception, release

  4. Neurons Noun: A specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system.

  5. Ulna Noun: The bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.

  6. Diuretics Increasing the volume of the urine excreted, as by a medicinal substance.

  7. Guava Noun: The fruit, used for making jam, jelly, etc.

  8. Shasimi Noun: Raw fish cut into very thin slices.

  9. Heralding Noun: A person or thing that precedes or comes before. Synonyms: Announce, Advertise, Broadcast Antonyms: Conceal, Deny, Hide

  10. Charred Verb: to burn slightly; scorch.

  11. Cardiomyopathy Noun: Any disease of the heart muscle, leading to decreased function: usually of unknown cause.

  12. Melodramatic Adjective: Exaggerated and emotional or sentimental; sensational or sensationalized; overdramatic. Synonyms: Artificial ,Theatrical , Exaggerated Antonyms: Calm, Normal

  13. Lanugo Noun : A coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.

  14. Camisole Noun: A short garment worn underneath a sheer bodice to conceal the underwear.

  15. Afghan Noun: a soft woolen blanket, crocheted or knitted, usually in a geometric pattern.

  16. Quintuple Adjective: fivefold; consisting of five parts. Synonyms: Quinary, quinate, pentamerous Antonyms: None found

  17. Alibi Noun: an excuse, especially to avoid blame. Synonyms: Excuse, justification, affirmation Antonym: Denial, request, question

  18. Ballast Noun: any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability. Synonyms: Weight, support, stability Antonyms: Instablilty

  19. Briars Noun: tree heath an ericaceous shrub, Erica arborea , of South Europe, having a hard woody root.

  20. Shroud Noun: a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.

  21. Chardonnay Noun:1.white grape used in winemaking 2.a dry white wine made with this grape.

  22. Genocide Noun: the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. Synonyms: mass murder, massacre, slaughter Antonyms: none found

  23. Enrichment Verb: to endow with fine or desirable qualities. Synonyms: Develop, enhance, refine Antonyms: deplete, disgrace, worsen

  24. Necrotic Adjective: the death of one or more cells in the body, usually within a localized area, as from an interruption of the blood supply to that part

  25. Anthem Noun:  a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism. Synonym: Chant, chorus, hymn, melody Antonyms: none found

  26. Tines Noun: a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.

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