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Word for the Dazed. Copy the following S.A.T. word into your English Notebook under “Word for the Dazed”. Thespian. /thes’-pe- ¶ n/ adj. [< Gr. Thespis, ancient Greek poet] Having to do with drama An actor. Thespian. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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ThespianThespian/thes’-pe-n/ adj. [< Gr. Thespis, ancient Greek poet]

1.Having to do with drama

2.An actor

Thespian Some critics Some critics

do not do not consider consider

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez to be a to be a serious serious

Thespian.Thespian.

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Dazed”Dazed”

abstinence abstinence /ab’-st- nns/ n [< L. abs, from tenere, hold ]

1.An abstaining from food, liquor, sex, etc.

abstinence Believe it or not, Believe it or not,

Brittany Spears Brittany Spears says she says she practices practices

abstinenceabstinence, , maybe because maybe because she’s not very she’s not very

good at it.good at it.

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Dazed”Dazed”

xenophobic xenophobic /zen--fo’-bik/ adj. [< Gr. xenos, strange + phobia, fear]

1.fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners

xenophobicIn

addition to being a maniacal

racist, Hitler

was also a

xenophobic.

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conundrum conundrum /k-nn’-drm/ n. [< L. pseudo]

1.Any puzzling problem2. A riddle whose answer

is a pun

conundrum“What came

first, the chicken or the

egg?” is an age-

old conundru

m.

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incriminateincriminate /in-krim’--nat’/ vt, vi.[< L. in, in + crimen, offense]

1.to accuse of a crime2. to involve in, or make

appear guilty of a crime

incriminateLast night,

Kobe Bryant was

incriminated for sexual assault in Colorado.

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