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Final Vocabulary
Semester Two Spring Vocabulary
50
English
12th Grade
06/01/2008

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Odious 
Definition
Hateful, offensive
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Voluptuous
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Full of sensual delights
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Myriad
Definition
Indefinitely large number
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Orthodox
Definition
Adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith or ideas
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Sinecure
Definition
an officeor position that brings profit without much work or responsibility
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Anodyne
Definition
anything that lessons pain
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Benevolent
Definition
kindliness; charitable activity or gift
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ideology
Definition
the thinking of an idealist, abstract or impractical in nature
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Ossified
Definition
settled or fixed rigidly
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Desultory
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Disonnected; random
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Assuage
Definition
to satisfy or appease
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Beguile
Definition
to decieve by guile; to delude
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Benefactor
Definition
One that gives aid, especially financial aid
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Corroborate
Definition
To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain
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Cosmopolitan
Definition
Pertinent or common to the whole world
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Declamation
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A speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade
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Degradation
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A decline to a lower condition or quality
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Despond
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To become disheartned or discouraged
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Erudition
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deep, extensive learning
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Execrate
Definition
to feel loathing for; abhor
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Exigency
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A pressing or urgent situation
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Fealty
Definition
faithfulness; allegiance
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Fervid
Definition
marked by great passion or zeal
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Gradation
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A series of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression
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Gregarious
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Seeking the enjoyment and company of others; sociable
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Ignominious
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marked by shame or disgrace
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Impediment
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something that impedes; a hindrance or obstruction
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Imprecation
Definition
the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
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Irresolute
Definition
Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided
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Lacerate
Definition
to rip, cut, or tear
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Antiquated
Definition
Obsolete, out of fashion; no longer usuable
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Auspicious
Definition
Favorable
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Baseness
Definition
the quality of lacking higher values
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Bestail
Definition
Brutal without reason; having the attributes of a savage
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Brazen
Definition
Shameless; insolent; disrepectful
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Convocation
Definition
an assembly where there is a coming together
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Dearth
Definition
a lack; a scarcity
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Divination
Definition
Fortelling the future by means of magic
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Dross
Definition
Waste material
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Edifying
Definition
Instructing and improving spiritually or morally
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Emulate
Definition
To strive to excel or equal, especially through imitation
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Forbearance
Definition
Patience; lenience
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Forestalled
Definition
Prevented or delayed beforehand
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Fret
Definition
to worry or be annoyed
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Galling
Definition
very irritating
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Gambol
Definition
to playfully skip or leap
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Grate
Definition
To cause irritation
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Gravity
Definition
Seriousness; importance
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Heed
Definition
To give attention
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Hie
Definition
to go quickly; to hasten
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