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Rocchino Vocab 1
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9th Grade
09/26/2011

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Add cognizance, coherent, colloquial, collusion, commemorate, conjugal and correlate
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e.g., N.B. ca. or c., viz, et al. Acronyms: Zip code, UNESCO, radar, sonar, laser, and scuba.
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co,col,con, and cor
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Co
Definition
Latin meaning together. Before words with h, gn, or usually a vowel
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Col
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Latin together. Before words with l
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Com
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Latin together. Before b,m,p, sometime i
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Con
Definition
Together. Before all consonants except b,h,l,m,r,w
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Cor
Definition
Latin together before r
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Coherent
Definition
sticking together
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Cognizance
Definition
Conscious knowledge of recognition of something
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colloquial
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acceptable only in familiar conversation
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collusion
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cooperation
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commemorate
Definition
to serve as a memorial of
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conjugal
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relating to marriage
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correlate
Definition
to show a logical relationship between two elements
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Pathos
Definition
Element of emotion of sympathy
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Ethos
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Personality of a character
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Panacea
Definition
Remedy for all illnesses
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Genesis
Definition
Origin or coming into being
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Aegis
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Protection/watching over
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Hoi Polloi
Definition
Common folk
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Stigma
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brand or characteristic
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acme
Definition
highest point
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dogma
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religious moral accepted as true
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antithesis
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opposite
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catharsis
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release of emotion
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hubris
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arrogant
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apotheosis
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glorification
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iota
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very small quantity
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charisma
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able to speak in public
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e.g.
Definition
example
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N.B.
Definition
note well
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ca or c
Definition
around, about
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viz
Definition
precisely
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et al.
Definition
co-workers/ and elsewhere
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ZIP code
Definition
Zone improvement plan
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UNESCO
Definition
united nations educational scientific cultural organization
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radar
Definition
radio detecting and ranging
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sonar
Definition
sound navigation and ranging
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laser
Definition
lightwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
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scuba
Definition
self contained breathing apparatus
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materialist
Definition
someone with great regard for material possessions
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hedonist
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a person who is devoted to a life of pleasure
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empiricist
Definition
someone who relies on experience
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agnostic
Definition
atheist
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pragmatist
Definition
A person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily his success or failure
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epicurean
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a person having luxurious habits
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freethinker
Definition
A person who rejects accepted opinions
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misanthrope
Definition
Hatred for mankind
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stoic
Definition
Of or pertaining to school of philosophy founded by Zeno
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egilitarian
Definition
A person who believes that all people are equal
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Mystic
Definition
People and spiritual realms
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Misogynist
Definition
A man who hates women
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heretic
Definition
a person who believes against his or her church
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altruist
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philanthropist
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latitudinarian
Definition
freedom of atitude and religious matters
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utilitarian
Definition
Designed to be useful rather than attractive
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iconoclast
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A person who attacks cherished beliefs
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Pundit
Definition
a critic
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Savant, mavern
Definition
scholar, person with masteries skills
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Cognoscenti
Definition
a people with superior knowledge
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greenhorn
Definition
beginner
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dilettante
Definition
lover of fine arts
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unanimity
Definition
belief in same opinion
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Dissidence
Definition
disagreement
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vacuous
Definition
not enough
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Cornucopia
Definition
horn with endless food and other goods
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credibility gap
Definition
general public skepticism
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Refute
Rebut
Definition
Prove wrong in argument
Prove wrong in evidence
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Peccant
Definition
sinful or guilty
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Perfunctory
Definition
done with carelessness
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Cynics
Definition
Ancient Greek philosophers who followed the teachings of Antisthenes of Athens believed that must lose dependence on outside world
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Amy Tan
Definition
Writer who wrote The Joy Luck Club
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H.L Mencken
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Famous linguistic and journalist. Wrote The American Language
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Metaphysical
Definition
another stage above human life
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Nova,neo
Definition
beginner
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Corp.
Definition
One mass
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