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ENG COMP: Vocab 6-1
Vocabulary List 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aberration | a departure (or wandering) from that which is normal, typical, right, proper, expected, and so on; a mental lapse |
| concise | cut short, and thus brief and to the point; covering much in few words |
| emigrant | emigrating, or leaving one country or area to settle somewhere else; a person who emigrates |
| erratic | wandering; having no fixed or regular course; inconsistent or conventual; deviating from the norm |
| erroneous | in error, which is wandering from the truth or accuracy; wrong, false, or mistaken |
| extravagant | literally, wandering beyond reasonable bounds; exceeding usual limits; excessive and unrestrained |
| genocide | the systematic extermination (killing) of an entire ethnic group |
| immigrant | immigrating, or moving into a region or country for the first time; a person who immigrates |
| vagary | an unexpected wandering, as of the mind, a whimsical or weird notion; an eccentric action; an oddity |
| vagrant | a person with no home or intention of employment who wanders from place to place; a vagabond; aimlessly roaming or wandering about |