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Pre-AP 10 English Vocab
ALL comulative vocab throughout the 2011-2012 school year.
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10th Grade
09/12/2011

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*Bell*
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comes from the Latin word meaning "war"
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antebellum
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existing before war, espically before the American Civil War (1861-1865)
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bellicose
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warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome
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belligerence
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aggressiveness, combativeness
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rebellion
Definition
open defiance and opposition, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority
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*Pac-Peas*
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related to the Latin words for "agree" and "peace"
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pacify
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to soothe anger or agitation; to subdue by armed action
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pacifist
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a person opposed to war or violence, espically someone who refuses to bear arms or to fight, on moral or religious grounds
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pact
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an agreement between two or more people or groups; a treaty or formal agreement between nations to deal with a prolbem or to resolve a dispute
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appease
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to make peacful and quiet, to calm or satisfy
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*Hosp/host*
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comes from the Latin word hospes and its stern hospit- meaning both "host" and "guest"
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hostage
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a person given or held to ensure that an agreement, demand, or treaty is kept or fulifilled
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hospice
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a place or program to hold care for the terminally ill
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hostel
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an inexpensive, supervisied place for young travlers to stay overnight
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inhospitable
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not welcoming or generous, unfriendly; providing no shelter or food (such as a desert)
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*Am/Im*
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comes from the Latin word amare, "to love"
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amicable
Definition
friendly, peaceful
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enamored
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charmed or fasicinated, inflamed with love
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inimical
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hostile, unfriendly, or harmful
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paramour
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a lover, often secret, not allowed by law or coustom
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*Crim*
Definition
comes from the Latin roof for "fault" or "crime" or "accusiation"
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criminology
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the study of crime, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment
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decriminalize
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to remove or reduce the criminal status of
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incriminate
Definition
to show evidence of involvement in a crime or fault
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recrimination
Definition
an accusiation in retaliatin for an accusiation made agianst oneself; the making of such an accusiation
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*Prob/prov*
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comes from the Latin words for "prove" or "proof" and "honesty" or "integirity"
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approbation
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a formal or offical act of approving; praise, usually give with pleasure or enthuisiam
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disprove
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to show that something is not what it has claimed to be; refute
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probity
Definition
absolute honesty and uprightness
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reprobate
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a person thought of throughly bad character
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*Grav*
Definition
comes from the Latin word meaning "heavy, weighty, serious"
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gravid
Definition
pregnant or enlarged with something
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gravitas
Definition
great or very difnified seriousness
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graviatate
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to move or be drawn toward something, especially by natural tendancy or as if drawn by an invisable force
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gravity
Definition
weighty, importance, seriousness, or dignity
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*Lev*
Definition
comes from the Latin adjective levis, meaning "light" and the verb leave, meaning "to raise" or "lighten"
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alleviate
Definition
to lighten, lessen, or relieve, especially physical or mental suffering
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elevate
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to lift up or raise; to raise in rank or status
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leavening
Definition
somehting that lightens and raises; something that modifies, eases, or animates
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levity
Definition
frivolity, lack of approprite seriousness
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cicerone
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a guide, espically one who takes tourists to mesuems, monuments, or architectical sites and explains what is being seen
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hector
Definition
to bully; to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure
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hedonism
Definition
an attitude or way of life based on the idea that pleasure happiness should be the chief goal
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nestor
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a senior figure or leader in one's field
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spartan
Definition
marked by simplicatity and often strict self-disicpline or self-denial
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stentorian
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extremely loud, often with especially deep-richness of sound
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storic
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seemlingly indifferent to pleasure or pain
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sybartic
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marked by a luxerious or senual way of life
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*Ag*
Definition
comes from the Latin word for "do, go, lead, drive"
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agitate
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to move something with an irregular, rapid, violent action; to stir up or excite
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litigate
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to carry on a lawsuit by judicial process
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prodigal
Definition
recklessly or wastefully extravagant; spend thrift
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synagogue
Definition
the center of worship and communal life of a Jewish congregation; temple
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*Ven/ vent*
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comes from venine, the Latin verb meaning "come"
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advent
Definition
a coming or arrival; a coming into use
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provence
Definition
origin or source
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venturesome
Definition
indined to seek out risk or danger; bold, daring, adventerous
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venue
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the place where a trial is held; the location of an event
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*cap/cep/cip*
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comes from capere, "take, sieze"
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reception
Definition
the act of welcoming; a social gathering where guests are formally welcomed
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incipient
Definition
starting to come into or being or to become evident
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perceptible
Definition
noticable or able to be felt by the senses
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susceptible
Definition
open to some infulence; responsive; able to be submitted to an action or process
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*fin*
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comes from "end" or "boundry"
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affinity
Definition
sympathy, attraction; relationship
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definitive
Definition
authoritative and final; specifying perfectly or precisely
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infinitesimal
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extremely or immeasurably small
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finite
Definition
having definate limits
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*jac/jec*
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comes from jacere "throw" or "hurl"
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adjacent
Definition
near, neighboring; sharing a common boundry or border
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conjecture
Definition
to guess
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dejected
Definition
downcast, depressed
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trajectory
Definition
the curved path an abject makes into space, or that a thrown object follows as it rises and falls to earth
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*tract*
Definition
trahere, "drag" or "draw"
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detract
Definition
to decrease the importance, value, or effectiveness of something
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protracted
Definition
drawn out, continued, or extended
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retraction
Definition
a taking back or withdrawl; a denial of what one has previously said
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intractable
Definition
not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled
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*duc*
Definition
ducere, "to lead"
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conductive
Definition
tending to promote, encourage, or assist; helpful
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deduction
Definition
subtraction; reaching a conculsion by reasoning
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induce
Definition
persuade, infulence; attraction or charm
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seduction
Definition
temptation to wrong, especially by sexual intercourse; attraction or charm
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*sec/sequ*
Definition
"to follow"
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consequence
Definition
resulting; important
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execute
Definition
to carry out or proform; to put to death legally or formally
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obsequious
Definition
execessively submissive; obdient, flattering
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sequential
Definition
arranged in order or a series; following a series
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