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English 11
Regents Vocabulary
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11th Grade
11/17/2005

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Vulnerable (adj.)
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Open to attack or danger, susceptible
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Supercilious (adj.)
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Arrogant in a domineering manner
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Imperatively (adv.)
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Not to be ignored or avoided, urgently
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Desolate (adj.)
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Abandoned, forsaken, lifeless
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Excursion (n)
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A short trip, journey or trek
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Languidly (adv.)
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Tiredly, collapsing due to exhaustion
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Complacency (n.)
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Self satisfaction, not performing to potential
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Peremptory (adj.)
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Arrogant, snobby
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Corpulent (adj.)
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Obese, fat
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Apparition (n.)
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Ghost-like image
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Sporadic (adj.)
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Occuring at scattered instances, infrequent
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Distraught (adj.)
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Emotionally drained, agitated
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Ingratiate (v)
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To flatter someone in hopes of personal gain
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Oblivious (adj.)
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Lost unknown
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Inexplicable (adj.)
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Cannot be explained in words
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Intermittent (adj.)
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Coming and going at different intervals
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Prig (n)
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An obnoxious person
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Vicariously (adv.)
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Experiencing something through someone else's imagination
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Vigil (n)
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A close watch, surveillance
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Indiscernable (adj.)
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Not easily recognized, not clear or distinct
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Venerable (adj)
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Calling forth respect due to age, character or wisdom
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Melancholy (adj)
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Saddening or depressing
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Mendicant (n)
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Beggar
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Obscure (adj)
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Not clear in meaning, not distinct
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Visage (n)
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Of or relating to the face
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Eccentricity (n)
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Oddness, strange
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Veracious (adj)
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Truthful, honest
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Peevish (adj)
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Whiny, querulous, complaining all the time.
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Imbibe (v)
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To drink, absorb
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Bestowed (v)
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To give to someone or to hand down to someone - (bestow upon)
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Effaced (v)
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Erase, wear away
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Impetuously (adj)
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Marked by spontaneously violet act, impulsively
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Inane (adj)
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Silly, lacking significance, foolish
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Ravenous (adj)
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Hungary, voracious
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Simulate (v)
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To give the appearance of reality
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Lucid (adj)
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Clear in expression or thought
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Incessantly (adv)
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Unceasingly, continuously
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Tepid (adj)
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Lukewarm
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Annihlate (v)
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Completely destroy, obliterate
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Lucrative (adj)
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Profitable, producing wealth
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Acrimonious (adj)
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Health, bitter
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Calamity (n)
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distress caused by misfortune, loss, or disaster
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Permeate (v)
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To diffuse through, soak through
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Fervent (adj)
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Hot or glowing heat marked by great warmth or passion.
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Affability (n)
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Friendliness, sociabilty, ability to get along with others
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Altruistic (adj)
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Marked by sincere regard for others, concerned for mankind
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Circumspect (adj)
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Careful or cautious, prudent
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Abrasive (adj)
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Irritating, rough in speech or mannerisms
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Tantalizing (v)
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To entice, tease or tempt
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Havoc (n)
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Widespread destruction or devastation
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Consolidate (n)
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To form together to make one, merge
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Discrepancy (n)
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A differance
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Superficial (adj)
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Shallow, of or relating to the surface
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Cognizant (adj)
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Aware of ones surroundings
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Tenacity (n)
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Perseverance, determination, persistance
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Callous (adj)
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Hardened over time, showing little or no emotion
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Reticent (adj)
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Inclined to be quiet, not willing to talk
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Patronize (v)
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To treat someone as inferior, to condescend
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Enviable (adj)
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Admiring someone else's position or status
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Dourly (adv)
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Sternly, strictly
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Misanthropic (adj)
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Hatred for all mankind
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Confide (v)
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To trust someone to impart secrets
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Tentatively (adv)
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Temporarily, subject to change
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Antipathy (n)
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Opposition to feeling, feeling contrary to someone else
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Malevolance (n)
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Hatred, malice, vicious behavior
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Antagonism (n)
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Hostility toward someone
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Feign (v)
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To fake, give false appearance
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Transient (adj)
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Momentary
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Supplication (n)
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Begging, pleading
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Writhing (adj)
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Twisting, distorting
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Shoaling (adj)
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Shallow (water)
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Audacious (adj)
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Reckless, daring
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Conflagration (n)
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A large disastrous fire or explosion
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Impalpable (adj)
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Intangible, not capable of being touched
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Ignoble (adj)
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Low in birth, or status
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August (adj)
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Marked by majestic grandeur or dignity
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Ardently (adv)
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passionately done with great devotion
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Prudence (n)
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Carefulness, cautiousness
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Vindictive (adj)
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Vengeful, wanting to get even
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Extenuating (adj)
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To lesson the severity of something because of special circumstances, mitigating
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Demise (n)
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Death, loss of existence
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Furtively (adv)
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Slyly, secretly
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Marauder (n)
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A person who pillages (robs) or raids
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Serenity (n)
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Peacefulness, calmness
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Cowered (v)
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To crouch in fear, withdraw in fear
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Strewn (v)
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To spread by scattering in all directions, disseminate
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Defiance (n)
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Resistance, opposition to something
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Derision (n)
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An odject of ridicule or scorn
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Rummage (v)
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To search through quickly
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Pervades (v)
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To pass though, permeates
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Pervades (v)
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To pass though, permeates
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Inconspicuous (adj)
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Not easily noticeable
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Reverberated (v)
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To echo
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Consumed (v)
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To eat, digest, to destroy
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Squalid (sdj)
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Filthy, dirty conditions
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Recalcitrant (adj)
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Unruly, difficult to control, defiant
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Truculent (adj)
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Cruel, fierce, savage behavoir
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Subsides (v)
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To sink, to settle to the botom
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Carass (n)
Definition
Corpse, dead flesh
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