Author: Stephen Hall
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Company: South-Western City Schools

English 10

Tuesdays with Morrie
Vocabulary List #1

1. Biopsy: Surgical removal of a piece of tissue from a living subject for microscopic examination to make a diagnosis (e.g., to determine whether abnormal cells such as cancer cells are present).

2. Demise - the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

3. Insatiable: incapable of being satisfied or appeased

4. Aphorism: a wise saying that bears repetition

5. Humility - a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride

6. Deferment - act of putting off to a future time

7. Lamented - mourned or grieved for

8. Alienation - separation resulting from hostility

9. Atrophied - (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use

10. Cynical - believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief

11. Rational - consistent with or based on or using reason

12. Insidious - working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

13. Intrusive - tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)

14. Clamoring - loud and persistent outcry from many people

15. Nostalgia - longing for something past

16. Imminent - close in time; about to occur

17. Ambivalence - mixed feelings or emotions

18. Egotistical - characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance

19. Opiate: Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose

20. Communal - for or by a group rather than individuals