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Midterm vocab part 1
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12th Grade
01/04/2012
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Abjure
 Definition
to renounce
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acumen
 Definition
keen insight
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auspicious
 Definition
favored by fortune
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belie
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to misrepresent
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bellicose
 Definition
inclines to fight
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chicanery
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trickery
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circumlocution
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an indirect way of speaking
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deleterious
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harmful
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diffident
 Definition
lacking confidence, shy
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enervate
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to deprive of strength
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epiphany
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a sudden perception of something
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facetious
 Definition
not meant to be taken seriously or literally
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Fatuous
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foolish
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filibuster
 Definition
a member of congress delays the voting through speeches
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gauche
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lacking social grace
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hubris
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pride
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incontrovertible
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not open to question
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inculcate
 Definition
to cause or influence
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lexicon
 Definition
a wordbook or dictionary
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loquacious
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talkative
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melancholy
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a gloomy state of mind
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moiety
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a half or portion
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nomenclature
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a set of names or terms
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oligarchy
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government by the few
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omnipotent
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infinite power
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paradigm
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an example serving as a model
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parameter
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limits or boundaries
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pecuniary
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involving a money penalty or reward
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precipitous
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impassibly steep
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recapitulate
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to review by a brief summary
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reparation
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the making of amends for something done wrong
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sanguine
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cheerfully optimistic
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soliloquy
 Definition
talking as if you are alone
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subjugate
 Definition
to make submissive
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suffragist
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a person who wishes to extend suffrage
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supercilious
 Definition
contemptuous, arrogant
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tautology
 Definition
needless repetition of an idea
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taxonomy
 Definition
technique of classification
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temporal
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of or pertaining to time
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tempestuous
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tumultuous
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totalitarian
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government that controls every aspect of one's life
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unctuous
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having an oily or soapy feel
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usurp
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to seize and hold by force
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vacuous
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without contents
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vehement
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strongly emotional
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wrought
 Definition
elaborated or embellished
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xenophobe
 Definition
Afraid of foreigners
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yeoman
 Definition
a US petty officer in the navy
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wistful
 Definition
pensive in a melancholy way
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zenith
 Definition
the highest point or state
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