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Honors 11 Period 1 Vocab Part 1
all of the vocab through 11-9
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11th Grade
03/11/2013
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Schematic
 Definition
-A diagram, plan, or drawing
-Schism: division
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Cognitive
 Definition
-the mental process of perception, memory, judgment and reason
-cogn: know
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Benevolence
 Definition
Bene: good
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Latent
 Definition
-present but not visible -ten: hold
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Sagacious
 Definition
- Keen practical sense or shrewd
-Sag: wise
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Conscientious
 Definition
- Scrupulous
- Con: together
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Brevity
 Definition
-Shortness
-Brev: short
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Deviate
 Definition
-To turn away from
-de: down
-ate: cause
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copious
 Definition
abundant; co-together
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sanguine
 Definition
cheerful; sangui-blood
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incredulous
 Definition
not believing; cred-believe
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pernicious
 Definition
destructive; per-through
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indolent
 Definition
lazy; dol-pain
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mollify
 Definition
to make soft; moll-soft
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tangible
 Definition
touchable; tang-touch
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expunge
 Definition
remove; ex-out
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pulchritude
 Definition
: physical beauty; tude: state of
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altruism
 Definition
concern for others; ism:doctrine
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euphoria
 Definition
feeling of well-being; eu: good
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mendicant
 Definition
beggar; mend:flaw
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exculpate
 Definition
free from blame; culp: blame
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extraneous
 Definition
from outside; extra: beyond
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diatribe
 Definition
abusive speech; dia:across
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paragon
 Definition
excellent model; para: beside
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tangible
 Definition
touchable; tang:touch
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salubrious
 Definition
healthful; ous: full of
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visage
 Definition
face; vid:look
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obsolete
 Definition
no longer in use: ob:against
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adjacent
 Definition
adjoining; ad:nearness
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peregrinate
 Definition
to travel; per: through
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narcissism
 Definition
self adoration; ism: doctrine
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truncate
 Definition
to cut short; trunc: a stem
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Deride
 Definition
to ridicule; de-down
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Amiable
 Definition
friendly; amat-love
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Pertinacious
 Definition
stubborn; per-through
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Dichotomy
 Definition
two-part division; dicho-two parts
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Hedonism
 Definition
devotion to pleasure; ism-doctrine
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Valediction
 Definition
farewell speech; tion-act
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Effusion
 Definition
outpouring; fus-pour
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Hebetude
 Definition
dullness; tude-state of
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Odious
 Definition
disgusting; ous-full of
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inadvertent
 Definition
inattentive; in-not
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subcutaneous
 Definition
beneath the skin; sub-beneath
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distraught
 Definition
extremely upset; dis-away
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multiracial
 Definition
of many races; multi-many
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munificent
 Definition
generous; fic-make
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intercultural
 Definition
among cultures; inter-among
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cogitate
 Definition
think deeply; co-together
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Esculent
 Definition
edible; lent-full of
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Aphorism
 Definition
a concise wisdom; apo-away
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Requite
 Definition
repay; re-again
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Aphasia
 Definition
loss of speech; phan-say
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Sublime
 Definition
noble; sub-under
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Prostrate
 Definition
lying face down; pro-before
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Contumacy
 Definition
disobedience; tumere-to swell
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Distend
 Definition
stretch out; tend-stretch
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