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Core 3
Vocabulary
25
English
9th Grade
01/29/2012

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acrimony
Definition
harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or disposition
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ameliorate
Definition
to make better or more tolerable
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avaricious
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greedy of gain : excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches
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bastion
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a projecting part of a fortification
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brazen
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made of brass
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camaraderie
Definition
a spirit of friendly good-fellowship
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convivial
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relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company
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encomium
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glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise; also : an expression of this
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facetious
Definition
joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
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gallivant
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to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex
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inure
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to accustom to accept something undesirable
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juxtapose
Definition
to place side by side
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loqucious
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full of excessive talk : wordy
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mandatory
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containing or constituting a command : obligatory
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multifarious
Definition
having or occurring in great variety : diverse
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paucity
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smallness of number : fewness
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redress
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to set right : remedy; to make up for : compensate
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skeptic
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an adherent or advocate of skepticism
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stentorian
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extremely loud
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tractable
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capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
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ubiquitous
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existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread
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utopia
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an imaginary and indefinitely remote place
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viable
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capable of living; especially : having attained such form and development as to be normally capable of surviving outside the mother's womb
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vociferous
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marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
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zenith
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the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer
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