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Goldstein - Vocab 1
first vocab list for Goldstein's 143
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English
12th Grade
09/16/2009

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Term
ostracize
Definition

to exclude from a group or banish

 

 

 

 

 

verb

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austere
Definition

strict or stern

 

 

 

 

 

adj

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milieu
Definition

environment; surroundings

 

 

 

 

 

noun

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gregarious
Definition

friendly; sociable

 

 

 

 

 

adj.

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sagacity
Definition

wisdom

 

 

 

 

 

noun

Term
vicarious
Definition

felt through imagined experience of another; experienced secondhand

 

 

 

 

adj.

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histrionic
Definition

overly dramatic

 

 

 

 

 

adj.

Term
virtuoso
Definition

a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field

 

 

 

noun

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lament
Definition

to mourn

 

 

 

 

 

verb

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impede
Definition

to obstruct or interfere with progress

 

 

 

 

 

verb

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imperative
Definition

absolutely necessary; unavoidable

 

 

 

 

 

adj.

Term
chattel
Definition

slave;

movable article of personal property

 

 

 

 

noun

Term
emulate
Definition

to imitate;

to try to equal or surpass

 

 

 

 

verb

Term
lurid
Definition

gruesome;

horrible

 

 

 

 

 

adj.

Term
abhor
Definition

to detest;

to hate

 

 

 

 

 

verb

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incongruous
Definition

out of place;

inappropriate for surroundings

 

 

 

 

 

adj

Term
belittle
Definition

 

to put someone down

(to make them feel little)

verb

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dissimulate
Definition

to deceive;

to conceal one's true motives

 

 

 

 

 

verb

Term
encroach
Definition

to trespass gradually;

to advance beyond the usual limits

(i.e. encroaching on one's rights)

 

 

 

 

verb

 

Term
effete
Definition

exhausted;

worn out

 

 

 

 

 

adj.

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