Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Vocabulary

1) deprecate- to plead earnestly against; to express strong disapproval
1A) The lawyer for the defendent deprecated his point.

2) exhume- to dig up after having been buried
2A) The body was exhumed for an autopsy

3) inalienable- incapable of being taken away or transfered to another
3A) Social Security numbers should be inalienable

4) rouse- to wake from sleep; to excite to thought or action from a state of idleness
4A) I was roused when the earthquake hit

5) swig- a large draft; usually of a alcoholic drink
5A) He took a swig of his beer

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