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English
12th Grade
12/16/2011

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aberration
Definition
the act of straying from the right or usual course
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aesthetic
Definition
pertaining to beauty
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anachronism
Definition
an error in chronology
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analogous
Definition
alike or similar in certain respects that permits one to draw an analogy
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ancillary
Definition
aiding or accessory, subordinate to the main thing
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adjunct
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somthing added to somthing else as helpful but not essential
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aperture
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an opening, gap, hole
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apropos
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appropriat, opportune
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ascetic
Definition
practicing strict self-denial for the sake of personal or spiritual discipline
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auspicious
Definition
promising success; favorable
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banal
Definition
devoid of freshness or originality
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bathos
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exaggerated sentimentality; anticlimax, a descent from the sublime to the ridiculous
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bedlam
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a place or scene of wild and mad uproar
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benign
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kindly; harmless
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bureaucracy
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designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner
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bucolic
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characteristic of the countryside; rural
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cacophonous
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harsh-sounding, dissonant
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carte blanche
Definition
full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion
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cognate
Definition
closely related in origin
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consummate
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to bring to a state of completion or perfection
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contusion
Definition
a bruise, an injury that does not break the skin
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convalescence
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the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness
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convocation
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an assembly where there is a coming together
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coquette
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a woman who flirts with men without sincere affection
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corollary
Definition
a proposition that follows from one already proven
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dereliction
Definition
conscious or willful neglect
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derivative
Definition
somthing that comes from another thing
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diatribe
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a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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dichotomy
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a division into two contradictory or mutually exclusive parts
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dictum
Definition
a short saying; an authoritative statement
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didactic
Definition
intended to instruct, especially morally
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dilettante
Definition
a dabbler in the arts; angages in an amaterurish, trifling way
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dissidence
Definition
a difference of opinion
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echelon
Definition
one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity
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empirical
Definition
derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience
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epicurism
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philosophy that the highest good is pleasure
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equivocal
Definition
ambiguous, usually intended to deceive
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esoteric
Definition
intended for or understood by only a selest few
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ethereal
Definition
light, airy; suggesting what is heavenly
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