Lesson 10 Vocabulary
for the vocabulary quiz this friday on Lesson 10 Vocabulary
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Terms
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- Gargantuan
- of immense size; gigantic (adj.)
- Disgorge
- 1) to expel from the throat or stomach; to vomit 2) to discharge violently (tr. v.)
- Indentation
- a cut or notch (n.)
- Orthodontist
- a specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth (n.)
- Regurgitate
- 1) to cause to paur back or cast up partially digested food; to vomit 2) to rush surge back (tr. v.)
- Indenture
- a written contract between two parties (n.)
- Oracle
- 1) a shrine where the ancient Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy 2) a prophecy made as such a shrine (n.)
- Oration
- an address or formal speech given on a special occasion
- Trident
- a long three-pronged fork or weapon (n.)
- Gorge
- 1) a deep narrow passage with rocky sides, enclosed between mountains 2) gluttonous eating 3) a feeling of nausea 4) to fill full; to stuff (n. & intr. v.)
- Gargoyle
- a grotesque carved human or animal figure, especially one used as a rainspout carrying water cleas of a wall (n.)
- Osculate
- to kiss (tr. v.)
- Inexorable
- relentless; unyielding (adj.)
- Orifice
- a mouth or vent; an opening (n.)
- Supercilious
- disdainful; haughty and aloof (adj.)