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  1. staffer
    an employee who is a member of a staff of workers
    The university can't hire more staffers, but the minor should be available by the fall of 2004, Knaughton said.
  2. Puget Sound
    an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State
    About 2,200 students in the Puget Sound region chose ASL over Spanish, French, Japanese and German this year.
  3. impair
    make worse or less effective
    In 2001, more than 1,400 public school students were classified as deaf or hearing-impaired in Washington.
  4. exaggerate
    enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    Body language and facial expressions are exaggerated and students must learn a different sentence construction.
  5. variation
    the process of being or becoming different
    Each country has its own form of sign language and several English variations exist, but ASL is used most commonly among the deaf community in the United States and Canada.
  6. exaggerated
    enlarged to an abnormal degree
    Body language and facial expressions are exaggerated and students must learn a different sentence construction.
Created on Tue Jun 12 11:22:27 EDT 2012

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