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Final
Sophomore English Final Vocab
84
English
10th Grade
01/17/2011

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Antipathy
Definition
feeling of hatred; powerful and deep dislike
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Intermittent
Definition
appearing or occurring from time to time
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Regressive
Definition
moving backward or returning to an earlier or less advanced condition
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Manifest
Definition
appear; become evident
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Paramount
Definition
supreme; dominant
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Renounce
Definition
give up, especially by formal statement reject
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Posterity
Definition
descendants or all future generations
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Zealously
Definition
fervent; devoted
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Inured
Definition
accustomed to something difficult or something painful
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Immutable
Definition
unchangeable; never changing or varying
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Ebbing
Definition
lessening or weakening
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Recoil
Definition
jump back, back away
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Caprice
Definition
sudden notion or desire
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Ponderous
Definition
heavy and slow-moving
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Skirted
Definition
pass around rather than through; avoid
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Sidle
Definition
move sideways, especially in shy or sneaky way
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Rifling
Definition
search thoroughly or in a rough manner
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Audible
Definition
capable of being heard
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Irrevocable
Definition
irreversible; incapable of being canceled or undone
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Compulsory
Definition
required or enforced
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Stolid
Definition
having or revealing little emotion
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refracted
Definition
deflected from a straight path
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Imperceptibly
Definition
impossible to detect by ordinary senses
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Pulverized
Definition
reduced to powder
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Melancholy
Definition
sadness; gloominess
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Capillary
Definition
fine; small in diameter
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Multifaceted
Definition
having many faces
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Ballistics
Definition
the study of the dynamic of projectiles
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erected
Definition
set up; established
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odious
Definition
arousing strong dislike or displeasure
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ravenous
Definition
extremely hungry; greedy for gratification
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pratfall
Definition
humiliating failure
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dictum
Definition
authoritative pronouncement
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noncombustible
Definition
does not burn easily
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tactile
Definition
relating to the sense of touch
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smoldering
Definition
burning with little smoke and no flame
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obscure
Definition
vague; ambiguous; doubtful
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indecisive
Definition
not able to make a decision
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grotesque
Definition
bizarre; distorted
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juggernaut
Definition
overwhelmingly advancing sight crushing all in its sight
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cardamom
Definition
italian herb
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pedants
Definition
those who flaunt their knowledge
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pyre
Definition
a pile of combustible material for burning a corpse
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cadenced
Definition
with a rhythmic flow
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retaliation
Definition
returning like for like
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receptacle
Definition
a container that holds matter
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cowardice
Definition
ignoble fear in the face of danger
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simultaneously
Definition
at the same time; concurrently
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parried
Definition
deflected, avoid, dodge, evade
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consternation
Definition
sudden alarming amazement/ dread that results in utter confusion; dismay
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prodigious
Definition
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force
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salient
Definition
prominent or conspicuous
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liaison
Definition
a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or cconnection
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stupefaction
Definition
overwhelming amazement
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sinecure
Definition
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns
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incarnate
Definition
embodied in flesh, given a bodily, especially in human, form
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austere
Definition
grave; sober; solemn; serious
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impervious
Definition
not permitting penetration, or passage; impenetrable
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querulous
Definition
full of complaints; complaining
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cacophony
Definition
a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds
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regimentation
Definition
strict discipline characteristic of military groups
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implicit
Definition
implied; rather than expressly stated
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inveigle
Definition
to entice, by flattering or artful talk or inducements
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inane
Definition
lacking sense, significance, or ides; silly
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effulgence
Definition
shining forth brilliantly; radiant
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venerable
Definition
commanding respect because of great age
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fratricide
Definition
the act of killing one's brother
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sententious
Definition
self-righteous
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parody
Definition
to imitate poorly or freely; travesty
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ominous
Definition
portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening
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accolade
Definition
any award; honor
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contemptuous
Definition
showing or expressing disdain; scornful
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complacent
Definition
pleasant; untroubled
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intensive
Definition
increasing in degree, emphasis or force
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dejected
Definition
to depress the spirits of; dispirit; dishearten
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tenement
Definition
run-down and often over crowded apartment house
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novella
Definition
a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; short novel
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morosely
Definition
gloomily and sullenly ill-humored
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silted
Definition
to become filled or chocked up with earthly matter
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gingham
Definition
yarn-dyed, pain-weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked
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mottled
Definition
spotted or blotched in coloring
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periscope
Definition
providing a view all around or on all sides
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lanced
Definition
pierced or open
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jeering
Definition
to speak or cry out with derision or mockery
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