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Final Exam Vocabulary
Voc Lessons 12-17
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10th Grade
12/11/2012

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gaudy
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tastelessly cheap and showy; flashy
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jovial
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full of playful good humor; genial and jolly
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extroverts
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a person who is outgoing and interested in others
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abhor
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to feel hatred or disgust; to loathe
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quota
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an allotment; a proportional share
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congeniality
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compatibility; friendliness; pleasantness
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dupe
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aperson easily tricked or deceived
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tycoon
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a powerful business person or industrialist
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cynic
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a person who believes that perople act only from selfish motives
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intimate
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characterizing one's deepest nature; a very close association
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implement
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tool; instrument; to carry out
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surmount
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to overcome; to rise above
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adversary
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an opponent; an enemy
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wrangle
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a noisy quarrel or brawl; to quarrel or bicker
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homage
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something done or given to show respect or honor
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precedent
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an act that serves as an example for later acts
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acknowledge
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to admit; to recognize the rights or authority of
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objective
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real, true; a purpose, somehting aimed for
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elude
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to escape from or avoid; to escape the understanding of
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exploit
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a bold or brilliant act; to use to full advantage
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lax
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loose or slack; relaxed; careless
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evict
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to force a person by law to leave a building; to eject
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ostracize
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to shut out or exclude from a group; to banish
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incompatible
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unable to agree or get along; conflicting
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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subsequent
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later; coming after
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formidable
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hard to overcome or deal with; causing fear
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addicted
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given up to a habit or compulsion
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radical
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fundamental or basic; favoring drastic change
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defraud
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to take away or deprive of a right or property by deceit; to swindle
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jaunts
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short pleasant trip; an excursion
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apathy
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lack of emotion or feeling; indifference
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tantalizing
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tempting; tormenting or teasing by keeping something in sight but out of reach
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inverse
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inverted; reversed; opposite
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repast
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a meal; food eaten at a meal
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cascade
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a small, steep waterfall, to fall or drop
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ravenous
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extremely hungry; greedy
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pungent
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sharply affecting the sense of taste or small
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induction
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an act of enrolling or bring someone into a group
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sage
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very wise, perceptive; having wisdom gained from experience; an herb
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buoyant
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able to float; able to bounce back after a setback
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incandescent
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glowing with intense heat; very bright; brilliant
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benign
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not harmful; gentle; good-natured
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murky
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dark;gloomy; misty; hard to understand
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incessant
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unceasing; never stopping
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invigorating
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enlivening; filling with energy
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opaque
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not letting light through; not transparent; hard to understand
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oppressive
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tyrannical; hard to take
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animated
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filled with life; lively; seeming alive
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congruent
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in agreement; harmonious
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passive
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acted upon rather than acting; submissive
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abrasive
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substance used for grinding; an irritant
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reconcile
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to bring together; to bring into harmone
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denote
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to be a sign of; to indicate
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somber
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gloomy and sad; solemn and serious
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hindrance
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an action, person, or thing that impedes; obstacle
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turbulent
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violently agitated; disorderly; stormy
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irreducible
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not capable of being made smaller
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ultimate
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last or final; basic; the final point
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necessitated
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to make something unavoidable
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