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English Vocab
Vocabulary words for the english final
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English
10th Grade
06/12/2010

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Acquiesce
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(v.) to agree without protest
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Acrimonious
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(adj.) bitter or sharp in language, tone, or behaviour
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Adamant
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(adj.) unyielding, inflexible, refusing to give in
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Advocate
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(v.) to argue in support of a cause
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Alacrity
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(adj.) cheerful willingness or eagerness
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Analogous
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(adj.) comparable
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Antithesis
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(n.) opposition or contrast
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Apathy
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(n.) indifference; lack of interest or concern for things others find interesting
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Aplomb
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(n.) Poise, self-assurance
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Apothecary
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(n.) a pharmacist or druggist
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Appalled
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(adj.) struck with fear or dismay
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Ascend
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(v.) to go upward
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Assuage
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(v.) to make milder or less severe
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Befouled
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(v.) to make dirty; also, to speak badly of
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Benevolence
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(n.) desire to good to others; acts of kindness
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Blasphemy
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(adj.) disrespect toward something sacred
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Blithely
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(adv.) happily, cheerfully, joyously
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Chattel
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(n.) a moveable piece or personal property
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Commensurate
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(adj.) proportionate; having the same measure
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Concede
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(v.) to admit something is true
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Depreciate
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(v.) to lessen the value or price of something
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Didactic
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(adj.) teaching a moral lesson
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Disparage
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(v.) to speak negatively about someone or something
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Disparity
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(n.) different or unequal
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Doleful
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(adj.) mournful or sorrowful
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Edify
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(v.) to instruct or benefit; especially morally or spiritually
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Egregious
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(adj.) extraordinary in some bad way
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Elucidate
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(v.) to clarify
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Elusive
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(adj.) Difficult to capture or comprehend
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Empathy
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(n.)Being able to identify with the thoughts or feeling of another person
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Ephemeral
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(adj.) lasting a very short time
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Erudite
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(adj.) extremely knowledgeable; scholarly
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Estrange
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(v.) To alienate: to remove or keep at a distance
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Exacerbate
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(v.) To aggravate or make worse
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Exonerate
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(v.) to free from guilt or blame
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Facile
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(adj.) easily done
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Flout
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(v.) to treat with scorn or contempt
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Forthright
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(adj.) honest, direct, outspoken
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Fractious
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(adj.) irritable or unruly
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Fray
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(n.) fight
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Furtive
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(adj.) secretive
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Gesticulate
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(v.) gesture
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Gregarious
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(adj.) talkative, sociable
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Ignoble
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(adj.) not noble
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Illicit
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(adj.) illegal; not permitted for moral or ethical reasons
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Impunity
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(n.) exemption from punishment
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Inaudible
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(adj.) incapable of being heard; muffled
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Incipient
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(adj.) in the beginning stages of
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Incomprehensible
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(adj.) impossible the understand
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Incredulity
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(n.) disbelief, skepticism, doubt
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Incomprehensible
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(adj.) impossible the understand
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Incredulity
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(n.) disbelief, skepticism, doubt
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Indigent
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(adj.) poor, needy, impoverished
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Laconic
Definition
(adj.) using few words; concise
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Loath
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(n.) unwilling or reluctant
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Mortification
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(n.) humiliation, shame
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Myriad
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(adj.) countless, boundless, infinite
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Obstreperous
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(adj.) difficult, unruly
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Obviate
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(v.) to prevent something from happening by anticipating it
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Perfunctory
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(adj.) done routinely and with little interest or care
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