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Brit Lit Vocab 1
Words 1-50 in WOTD for Brit Lit class
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11th Grade
10/09/2012

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agog
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highly excited by eagerness
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giddy
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light-headed sensation; dizzy, frivolous
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palliate
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to make something seem less serious; to mitigate
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misanthropy
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hatred of mankind
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citadel
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a fortress overlooking a city; a stronghold
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laconic
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brief, using few words
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aesthetic
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having to do with artistic beauty
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erudite
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Deeply learned, scholarly
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cower
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To cringe in fear; to shrink away
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bombastic
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High sounding with little meaning, used to impress people
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panache
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dashing elegance of manner or style
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altercation
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A heated quarrel
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noxious
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physically or mentally destructive, or harmful to human beings
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capacious
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roomy, able to hold a lot
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cursory
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rapid and superficial; performed with haste and scant attention to detail
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gregarious
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rapid and superficial; performed with haste and scant attention to detail
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pious
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• seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable
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candor
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• truthfulness, sincere honesty
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mawkish
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• Excessively and objectionable sentimental
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bucolic
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• Rural or rustic in nature; country-like
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queue
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• to form or to wait in line; a line
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corpulent
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• fat; obese
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atypical
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• not typical, abnormal
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forebode
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• to act as a warning of (something bad); to have a presentment of something bad
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catharsis
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• An emotional or psychological cleansing that brings relief or renewal
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lax
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• careless, negligent; not tense, slack
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chide
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• To scold; to voice disapproval
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spurious
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• not genuine; false; fake
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quandary
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• a state of uncertainty or perplexity over what to do in a difficult situation
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irascible
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• irritable, grouchy
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cryptic
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• having an ambiguous or hidden meaning
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idyllic
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• charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful
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doldrums
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• period or condition of depression or inactivity
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cavalier
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• casual, carefree, nonchalant or having an arrogant disregard (adj); a gallant gentlemen (noun)
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forthright
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• frank; going straight to the point; direct and outspoken
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mogul
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• Very rich or powerful person
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ubiquitous
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• Seeming to be everywhere at the same time
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succinct
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• Brief and to the point; concise and terse
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idioscyncracy
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• Behavioral quirk; a mode or thought peculiar to others
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truncate
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• to shorten by cutting off
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docile
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• easily taught or controlled; obedient, easy to handle
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arduous
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• hard, difficult, tiresome
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copious
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• abundant, plentiful
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fickle
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• Often changing for no reason
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fawn
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• to show affection; to give a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection, typically in order gain favor
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austere
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• stern, as in manner; without excess, unadorned, severely plain and simply
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antecedent
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• an occurrence or event preceding another
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bleak
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• depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold barren, raw
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resurgent
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• Rise up after defeat
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dogmatic
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• Characterized by an authoritative, often arrogant assertion of opinions or beliefs
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