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English
10th Grade
10/02/2007

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Abash
Definition
Ashamed or uneasy
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Abstruse
Definition
difficult to understand
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Alacrity
Definition
Cheerful willingness, eagerness
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Alchemy
Definition
magical power or process of transmuting (change from one form to another)
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Amenable
Definition
Responsive to advice
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Anathema
Definition
greatly reviled, loathed
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Apotheosized
Definition
to glorify, exalt (praise, honor)
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Ascetic
Definition
austere (strict, stern, severe) self-discipline
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Asperity
Definition
harshness of manner
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Assimilate
Definition
To incorporate and abosrb
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Augar
Definition
a seer or prophet (can also be used as verb)
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Auspicious
Definition
attended by favorable circumstances
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Avail
Definition
To be of use, value, or advantage
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Aver
Definition
to affirm p
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Blighted
Definition
Impairs growth, deleterious (harmful; injurious) effect on, ruin
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Caprice
Definition
Impulsive change of mind
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Cogitate
Definition
Think carefully about
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Commodious
Definition
Spacious, roomy
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Congenial
Definition
Of a pleasant disposition (state of mind, manor)
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Contumely
Definition
Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance
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Dearth
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Scarce supply
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Deleterious
Definition
Having harmful effect on, ingurious
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Delude
Definition
To decieve the mind or judgment
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Demeanor
Definition
Way in which a person behaves (Deportment)
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Denizen
Definition
Inhabitant, a resident
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Deportment
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Manner of personal conduct (Demeanor)
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Depredation
Definition
A predatory attack, a raid
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Derisively
Definition
Mocking, jeering
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Discerning
Definition
exhibiting keen insight and good judgment
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Edifice
Definition
A building, especially one of imposing appearance
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Efficacy
Definition
Effectiveness
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Effluence
Definition
Something that flows out or forth
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Emaciated
Definition
To make or become extremely thin
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Eminence
Definition
A position of great distinction
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Emolument
Definition
Compensation
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Enigma
Definition
Puzzling, ambiguous
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Erudition
Definition
deep, extensive learning
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Evanescent
Definition
Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor
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Exigency
Definition
a pressing or urgent situation
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Exigency
Definition
a pressing or urgent situation
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expiate
Definition
to make amends or reperation for
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fathom
Definition
penetrate the meaning of
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gesticulation
Definition
vigorous motion or gesture
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grevious
Definition
serious or dire
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ignominious
Definition
marked by shame or disgrace
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impalpable
Definition
intangible
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impediment
Definition
a hinderance or an obstruction
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importunate
Definition
troublesomely urgent or persistent in requesting
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incredulous
Definition
skeptical; disbelieving
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indefatiguable

Definition
seemingly incapable of being fatigued
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indubitable
Definition
unquestionable
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infamy
Definition
evil fame or reputation
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infer
Definition
formulate a conclusion based on specific information
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insidious
Definition
working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner
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intervolution
Definition
the state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake
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Intimated
Definition
to make known subtly and indirectly
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leech
Definition
one that preys on or clings to another; a parasite
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loquacity
Definition
very talkitive
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lucabration
Definition
laborious study or meditation
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lurid
Definition
causing shock or horror
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malefactor
Definition
one that has committed a crime
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malignant
Definition
disposed to do evil
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mien
Definition
bearing or manner
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misanthrope
Definition
one who hates or mistrusts humankind
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morbid
Definition
characterized by preoccupation with unwholesome thoughts or feelings
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mutable
Definition
capable of or subject to change or alteration
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necromancy
Definition
practice of supposedly communicating with the spirits of the dead in order to predict the future
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nugatory
Definition
of little or no importance
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obeisance
Definition
an attitude of deference
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odious
Definition
arousing or meriting stron dislike, aversion
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ordination
Definition
act of ordaining or the state of being ordained
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pathos
Definition
quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity
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penitent
Definition
feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins
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peremptory
Definition

putting an end to all debate or action :

a peremptory decree

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phantasmagoric
Definition
a fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen is dreams or fever
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physiognomy
Definition
the art of judging human character from facial features
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plaintive
Definition
mournful or melancholy
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plebe
Definition
a first - year student at the US military academy
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portent
Definition
an omen
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precocious
Definition
unusually early developement or maturity
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prefigure
Definition
presage or foreshadow
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presentiment
Definition
a sense that something is about to occur
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preternatural
Definition
surpassing the normal or usual
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proffer
Definition
to offer for acceptance
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purport
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to have or present the often false appearence of being or intending; profess :

selfish behavior that purports to be altruistic

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recluse
Definition
person who withdraws from the world
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remonstrance
Definition
expression of protest, complaint, or reproof
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repugnance
Definition
extreme dislike or aversion
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requite
Definition
to make repayment or return for
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retribution
Definition
punishment or award
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revile
Definition
to assail with abusive language
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sagacity
Definition
wisdom
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sanctify
Definition
to set apart for sacred use
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satiate
Definition
to satisfy
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scintillating
Definition
to throw off sparks
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scourge
Definition
source of widespread, dreadfull affliction
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scurrilous
Definition
given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language
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sedulous
Definition
persevering and constant in effort or application
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