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General Vocab
Graduate
10/18/2009

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Abscond
Definition
Verb; to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Aberrant
Definition

Adj; Deviating from the norm (noun: aberration)

 

[A bear-ant is a deviation from the norm]

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Alacrity
Definition
N; Eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Anomaly
Definition
N; Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj: anomalous)
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Approbation
Definition

N; an expression of approval or praise

 

[A pro nation]

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Arduous
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Adj; strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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Assuage
Definition

V; to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

 

[the sewage company appeased or pacified our needs to ease or lessen a sewage treatment]

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Audacious
Definition
adj; daring and fearless; recklessly bold (N; audacity)
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Austere
Definition
adj; without adornment; bare, severely simple, ascetic (N; austerity)
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Axiomatic
Definition

Adj; taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (N; axiom)

 

[The Axe had blood on it, possessing self-evident truth to the murder (axiom axe)]

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Canonical
Definition

Adj; following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (N canon)

 

[in the revolutionary war, the cannon was used by both british and revolutionaries; it was the only thing they followed or agreed with; the traditional standard]

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Capricious
Definition

Adj; Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

 

Capricorns are crazy, impulsive, and unpredictable

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Censure
Definition
V; to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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Chicanery
Definition
N; trickery or subterfuge

[chicks are tricky]
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Connoisseur
Definition
N; an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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Convoluted
Definition
Adj; complex or complicated
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Disabuse
Definition
V; to undeceive; to set right

dis(undo) abuse
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Discordant
Definition

Adj; Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

 

[the piano was out of tune, so when he played a chord, it was discordant]

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Disparate
Definition
Adj; fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

the twins were fraternal and separate, disparate, dissimilar
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Effrontery
Definition

N; extreme boldness; presumptuousness

 

[Zach Effron puts up a show of effrontery, he is bold and presumptuous] 

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Eloquent
Definition
Adj; well-spoken, expressive, articulate (N; eloquence)
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Enervate
Definition
V; to weaken; to reduce in vitality

[nerves enervate our bodies and make us weak to pain]
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Ennui
Definition
N; dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

[the ennui inuit was trapped in his house by the snow, so he became restless and bored]
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Equivocate
Definition
V; to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (Adj; equivocal)
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Erudite
Definition
Adj; Very learned, scholarly (N; erudition)
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Exculpate
Definition

V; exonerate; to clear of blame

 

[The culprit was exculpated of blame]

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Exigent
Definition
Adj; Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous
Definition
Adj; improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster
Definition

N; intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

 

[fill a buster by making a long speech and blocking progress]

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Fulminate
Definition

V; to loudly attack or denounce

 

[He was full of hate so he fulminated his boss]

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Ingenuous
Definition

Adj; accustomed to accepting something undesirable

 

[Genius doctors are ingenuous when it comes to dealing with undesirable cases]

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Irascible
Definition
Adj; easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

irascible people can be irate
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Laud
Definition

V; to praise highly (adj; laudatory)

 

[Loud laud to the Lord]

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Lucid
Definition
Adj; Clear, easily understood

[the lucid dream was clear]
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Magnanimity
Definition
N; The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp in forgiving (Adj: magnanimous)
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Martial
Definition
Adj; Associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane
Definition
Adj; of the world, typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
Definition

Adj; Coming into being; in early developmental stages

 

[Nacer is to be born, when you come into being]

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Nebulous
Definition
Adj; vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism
Definition
N; a new word, expression or usage; the creation of new words or senses
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Noxious
Definition
Adj; Harmful, injurious
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Obtuse
Definition
Adj; lacing sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate
Definition
V; to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
Definition
Adj; troubling; burdensome

[the mother was worried and burdened by her ornery and onerous child]
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Paean
Definition

N; a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

 

[The pilgrims sang paeans during thanksgiving]

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Parody
Definition
N; a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp in literature or art
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Perennial
Definition
Adj; recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy
Definition
N; intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj: perfidious)
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Perfunctory
Definition
Adj; Cursory; done without case or interest
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Perfidy
Definition
N; intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj: perfidious)
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Perfunctory
Definition
Adj; Cursory; done without case or interest
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Perspicacious
Definition
Adj; acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (N; perspicacity)
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Prattle
Definition
V; to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate
Definition
Adj; acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Precipitate
Definition
V; to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection
Definition

N; a disposition in favor of something; preference

 

 

He had a predilection for the delectable food

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Prescience
Definition

N; foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (Adj: prescient)

 

[witches and prophets were the only people who possessed the ability to predict things pre-science]

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Prevaricate
Definition

V; to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

 

the truth could not be verified because the witness mislead the court and by prevaricating 

[pre-varicate; pre-verification]

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Qualms
Definition
N; misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant
Definition
V; to rectract, esp. a previously held belief
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Refute
Definition
V; to disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate
Definition

V; to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position

 

 

[the soldier was relegated to a guard position by the gate]

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Reticent
Definition
Adj; quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous
Definition

Adj; concerned and attentive; eager

 

[the solicitous solicitors wanted to make sure they got their money, so they were concerned and attentive to what the dude said]

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Sordid
Definition

Adj; characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul

 

 

[he could not sort through the sordid room because it was so filthy and foul]

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Static
Definition
Adj;not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy
Definition
V; to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymic
Definition
V; to block; thwart
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Synthesis
Definition
N; the combination of parts to make a whole (V; synthesize)
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Torque
Definition
N; a force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
Definition
Adj; winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent
Definition

Adj; fierce and cruel; eager to fight

 

[A drunk is truculent and is not willing to come to a truce]

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Veracity
Definition
N; truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
Definition
Adj; extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious
Definition
Adj; having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver
Definition
V; to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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