Tuesdays With Morrie Unit 5 Vocabulary on 11/14/08

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calisthenics

gymnastic exercises designed to develop physical health and vigor, usually performed with little or no special apparatus

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exotic

of foreign origin or character; not native; introduced from abroad , but not fully naturalized or acclimatized

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inherit

to receive or take by succession hor will, as an heir

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mantra

a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an inaction or prayer

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nurture

to feed and protect; support and encourage; to bring up; train; educate

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patriarch

a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc

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raspy

harsh; easily annoyed; irritable

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stoic

one who is indifferent and free from passion; unaffected, indifferent, restrained

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tenor

the adult male voice intermediate between the base and the alto or countertenor

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whimsical

erratic; unpredictable

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