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Cumulative Vocab List 2
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10th Grade
10/27/2009
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INTACT
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(adj) WHOLE/TOGETHER
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AMELIORATE
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(v) TO IMPROVE/TO MAKE BETTER
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DETRIMENTAL
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(adj) HARMFUL
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IMPEDE
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(v) TO GET IN THE WAY
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INDOLENT
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(adj) LAZY
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RETICENT
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(adj) SECRETIVE
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RETORT
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(n) A WITTY COMEBACK

 

(v) TO MAKE A WITTY COMEBACK
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BAFFLED
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(adj) CONFUSED
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DESPICABLE
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(adj) HORRIBLE/AWFUL
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EXHORT
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(v) TO URGE
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INANE
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(adj) SILLY/POINTLESS
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PERUSE
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(v) TO STUDY/TO LOOK OVER
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TEPID
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(adj) LUKEWARM
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DESPISE
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(v) TO HATE
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ACQUIT
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(v) TO RELIEVE FROM ACCUSATION/ TO LET OFF THE HOOK
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EXCRUCIATING
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(adj) EXTREMELY PAINFUL
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OBLIVIOUS
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(adj) CLUELESS/UNAWARE
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PRODIGIOUS
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(adj) HUGE
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REJUVENATE
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(v) TO RENEW, TO REFRESH
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SCRUTINIZE
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(v) TO EXAMINE CLOSELY
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SWELTERING
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(adj) EXTREMELY HOT
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DEJECTED
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(adj) SAD
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LAMENT
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(v) TO MOURN
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ELATED
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(adj) VERY HAPPY
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NOSTALGIA
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(n) A FEELING OF LONGING FOR THE PAST
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NOSTALGIC
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(adj) ADJECTIVE FORM OF NOSTALGIA
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PENSIVE
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(adj) DEEP IN THOUGHT
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SULLEN
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(adj) GRUMPY/GLOOMY
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LOATHE
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(v) TO HATE
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CONSUMMATE
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(adj) PERFECT
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EXALT
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(v) TO PRAISE/TO GLORIFY
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OBSOLETE
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(adj) OUTDATED/USELESS
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ZEALOUS
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(adj) FULL OF ENTHUSIASM
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ETHEREAL
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(adj) FRAGILE/DELICATE
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DELUSIVE
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(adj) DECEPTIVE
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ARBITRATE
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(v) TO DECIDE AN ARGUMENT
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BIGOTRY
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(n) RACISM
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DEDUCE
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(v) TO FIGURE OUT USING LOGIC
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ECLECTIC
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(adj) LIKING MANY TYPES FROM THE SAME CATEGORY
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HYPOTHETICAL
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(adj) SOMETHING BASED ON THEORY, NOT ON FACT
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PLAUSIBLE
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(adj) BELIEVEABLE/POSSIBLE
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PREPOSTEROUS
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(adj) NONSENSE/RIDICULOUS
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