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Level 2 Vocabulary words
Part 2 of Scarlett Letter Vocab for Finns Class!!
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11th Grade
11/08/2008

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Antithesis

Derivatives: antithetic, antithetical, antithetically

Definition
A direct opposite, a contrast
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Ascend

Derivatives: ascendancy, ascendance, ascendant, ascension, ascending, ascended

Definition
To move upward, to rise from a lower station
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Austere

Derivatives: austereness, austerely, austerity

Definition
Strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic
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Autonomous

Derivatives: autonomic, autonomously, autonomy, autonomist

Definition
Independent, self-contained
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Banal

Derivatives: banality, banally

Definition
Common, Ordinary, Lacking Freshness, Hackneyed
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Benign

Derivatives: benignly, benignant, benignantly, benignity

Definition
not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
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Capricious

Derivatives: caprice, capriciously, capriciousness

Definition
Changing suddenly, fickle
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Dawdle

Derivatives: dawdled, dawdling

Definition
to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in lackadaisical manner
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Defamation

Derivatives: defamatory, defame, defamed, defamer, defamingly

Definition
act of harming or ruining another's reputation
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Esoteric

Derivatives: esoterical, esoterically, esotericism, esotericist, esoterism, esotery

Definition
understood only by a small group or select few
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Exacerbate

Derivatives: exacerbatingly, exacerbation

Definition

to aggravate, to irritate, to vex

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Extol

Derivatives: extolled, extolling, extollingly, extollment, extoller

Definition
to praise, to glorify
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Fastidious

Derivatives: fastidiously, fastidiousness, fastidium

Definition
reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme
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Furtive

Derivatives: furtively, furtiveness

Definition
secret in an underhanded way, stealthy
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Gregarious

Derivatives: gregariously, gregariousness

Definition
sociable and outgoing
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Hypocrite

Derivatives: hypocrites, hypocritical, hypocritically, hypocritcal, hypocrisy

Definition
one who is insincere or deceitful
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Innate

Derivatives: innated, innately, innateness, innatism, innative

Definition
existing from birth, inborn
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Lethargic

Derivatives: lethargically, lethargize, lethargy

Definition
sluggish, languid
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Melancholy

Derivatives: melancholia, melancholic, melancholiac, melancholically, melancholily, melancholiness, melancholious

Definition
depression of spirits
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Opaque

Derivatives: opaquely, opaqueness, opaquer

Definition
Not allowing the passage of light, not transparent; hard to understand
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Prolific

Derivatives: proliferation, proliferate, proliferative, proliferous, proliferously

Definition
abundantly fruitful marked by great productivity
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Reprove

Derivatives: reprovable, reprovingly, reproving, reproved, reproves, reproof

Definition
to scold or to rebuke for misdeed usually with kindly intent
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Symmetry

Derivatives: symmetrical, symmetric, symmetrically, symmetricalness, symmetrization, symmetrize

Definition
balanced proportions
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Tranquil

Derivatives: tranquilizations, tranquilize,tranquility, tranquilness, tranquilizer

Definition
peaceful, calm
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Venerate

Derivatives: veneration, venerational,venerator, venerable, venerability

Definition
to honor, to revere
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