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English Vocabulary Review
Review of Semester 1 Vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
01/20/2010
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esoteric
 Definition
secretive
only a few understand
adj
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ignominy
 Definition
shame
disgrace
noun
Term
mundane
 Definition
everyday
adj
Term
nuance
 Definition
slight variation
looking at different levels
n
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sophistry
 Definition
reasoning that seems plausible is a fallacy
n
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sumptuous
 Definition
costly
rich
magnificent
adj
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ubiquitous
 Definition
present
existing everywhere
adj
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diatribe
 Definition
a bitter/ prolonged verbal attack
n
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effigy
 Definition
a crude image of a despised person
n
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inane
 Definition
silly
vapid
adj
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neophyte
 Definition
beginner
novice
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perspicacity
 Definition
keenness in observing
n
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sylvan
 Definition
pertaining to forests
adj
Term
travesty
 Definition
grotesque imitation
disguise
parody
n
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acquisitive
 Definition
able to get and retain ideas/ information
concerned with acquiring wealth
adj
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arrogate
 Definition
to claim or take without right
v
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banal
 Definition
hackneyed
trite
adj
Term
belabor
 Definition
to work on accessively
v
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carping
 Definition
tending to find fault in petty way
adj
petty, nagging criticism
n
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coherent
 Definition
holding or sticking together
meaningful
adj
Term
congeal
 Definition
to solidify
thicken
v
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incendiary
 Definition
deliberately setting or causing fire
adj
speech that causes rebellion
n
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maelstrom
 Definition
a whilrpool
n
Term
myopic
 Definition
nearsighted
narrow minded
adj
Term
celerity
 Definition
swiftness
rapidity of motion
n
Term
halcyon
 Definition
calm
peaceful
golden
adj
Term
pejorative
 Definition
tending to make worse
adj
Term
undulate
 Definition
to move in waves or with a wavelike motion
v
Term
cavort
 Definition
to romp/ to prance
v
Term
distraught
 Definition
very agitated
upset
adj
Term
exhume
 Definition
to remove from a grave
bring to light
v
Term
evince
 Definition
to display clearly
make evident
v
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nefarious
 Definition
wicked
depraved
adj
Term
utopian
 Definition
founded upon or involving an ideal world
idealistic
adj
Term
verdant
 Definition
green
immature/ naive
adj
Term
atrophy
 Definition
wasting away of a body organ or tissue
n
to waste away
v
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consummate
 Definition
complete or perfect in the highest degree
n
to bring to a state of perfection
v
Term
flotsam
 Definition
floating debris
n
Term
glean
 Definition
to gather bit by bit
v
Term
pusillanimous
 Definition
contemptibly cowardly
mean spirited
adj
Term
pecuniary
 Definition
related to money
adj
Term
stratagem
 Definition
a scheme
n
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