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General Vocab
11th Grade
10/26/2007
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Aberrant
 Definition
Departing from the norm
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Abet
 Definition
Encourage
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Abrogate
 Definition
Abolish
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Absolve
 Definition
Release from blame
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Abstemious
 Definition

Avoiding excess
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Abstruse
 Definition
Hard to understand
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Accede
 Definition
Agree with
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Acclimatize
 Definition
Become accustomed to something new
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Acerbic
 Definition
Bitter
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Acrimonious
 Definition
Bitter
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Acumen
 Definition
Insight
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Adjunct
 Definition
Something subordinate to another
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Admonish
 Definition
Warn
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Adulate
 Definition
Servile Flattery
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Affable
 Definition
Likeable
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Affectation
 Definition
Showing off
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Agglomerate
 Definition
Collect into mass
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Alacrity
 Definition
Enthusiastic willingness
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Alight
 Definition
Get down from or off of
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Ameliorate
 Definition
Improve
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Amity
 Definition
Friendship
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Anachronistic
 Definition

Doesn't occur at its proper time
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Anchronite
 Definition
Hermit
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Antenatal
 Definition
Before Birth
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Antiguate
 Definition
Make out of date
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Aphorism
 Definition
Short plithy expression
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Aplomb
 Definition
Self-confidence
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Apocryphal
 Definition
Of doubtful authenticity
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Apostate
 Definition
One who renounces former belief
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Artifice
 Definition
Deception
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Artless
 Definition
Without artifice
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Assiduous
 Definition
Diligent
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Auspicious
 Definition
Indicating a good result
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Avarice
 Definition
Greed
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Aver
 Definition

State as a fact
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Aversion
 Definition
Strong dislike
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Balk
 Definition
Hesitate
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Balmy
 Definition
Mild
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Banal
 Definition
Trite (lacking in effectiveness because of constant use)
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Banter
 Definition
Tease gently
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Baroque
 Definition

Ornate
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Bastion
 Definition
Stronghold
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Bate
 Definition
Make less
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Bathos
 Definition
Fall from sublime to the mundane
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Bedlam
 Definition

Confusion
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Befuddle
 Definition
Confuse
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Bedraggled
 Definition
Untidy
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Beguile
 Definition
Trick
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Behest
 Definition
Command
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Bemuse
 Definition
Stupify
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Benediction
 Definition
Blessing
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Bereave
 Definition
Deprive of
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Bibulous
 Definition
Enjoying drink
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Bilious
 Definition
Easily irritated
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Bilk
 Definition
Avoid paying
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Blithe
 Definition
happy
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Boon
 Definition
Advantage
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Brandish
 Definition
Shake defiantly
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Bray
 Definition
Make harsh sound
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Brusque
 Definition
Rude
Term
Bulwark
 Definition
Defense
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Bumptious
 Definition
Crude or pushy
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Buttress
 Definition
Support or Strengthen
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Burnish
 Definition

Make shiny
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Caitiff
 Definition
Cowardly
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Cajole
 Definition
Fool someone with flattering speech
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Callow
 Definition
Unsophisticated
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Calumny
 Definition
Slander
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Capacious
 Definition
Roomy
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Capitulate
 Definition
Surrender
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Caprice
 Definition
Whim
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Captious
 Definition
Hypercritical
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Carrion
 Definition
Dead or rotting flesh
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Castigate
 Definition
Punish
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Cataclysm
 Definition
Violent event or upheaval
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Chagrin
 Definition
Annoyance at one's errors
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Charlatan
 Definition
A cheat
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Chattel
 Definition
Personal Property
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Clandestine
 Definition

secret
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Clement
 Definition
Compassionate
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Coerce
 Definition
Force
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Cogant
 Definition
Appealling to good sense
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Comestible
 Definition
Edible
Term
Complacent
 Definition
Self-satisfied
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Comport
 Definition
Behave oneself
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Compunction
 Definition
Remorse
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Concession
 Definition
Something granted in response to a demand
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Concord
 Definition
harmony
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Conduce
 Definition
Bring about
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Confer
 Definition
Bestow
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Conflagration
 Definition
A great fire
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Congenial
 Definition
Having similar interests
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Conjecture
 Definition

Guess
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Connubial
 Definition
Having to do with marriage
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Consecrate
 Definition

Set apart as holy
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Consign
 Definition
entrust
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Conspicious
 Definition
Obvious
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Continence
 Definition
Self-restraint
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Contravene
 Definition
Obstruct
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Contrite
 Definition
Sadness over wrongdoing
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Contrive
 Definition
Scheme
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Contumacious
 Definition
Rebellious
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Convalesce
 Definition
Recover after an illness
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Conversant
 Definition
Well-informed
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Convivial
 Definition
Given to sociable and lively eating and drinking
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Convolve
 Definition
to move with a winding motion
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Copious
 Definition
Full
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Corollary
 Definition
Natural consequences
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Corrigible
 Definition
Capable of improvement
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Countervail
 Definition
offset
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Cull
 Definition
Select or sort
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Cynosure
 Definition
Center of attention
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Dapple
 Definition
Mark with spots
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Daub
 Definition
Smear
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Dearth
 Definition
Lack
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Declivity
 Definition
Downward slope
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Descrepit
 Definition
In state of decline
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Deference
 Definition
Yielding out of respect
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Defile
 Definition
Make dirty
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Defray
 Definition
Make payment
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Deign
 Definition
Consider worthy
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Deject
 Definition
Discourage
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Deleterious
 Definition
Harmful
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Demarcation
 Definition

Marking boundry
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Denigrate
 Definition
Defame
Term
Denizen
 Definition
Inhabitant
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Deplorable
 Definition
Contemptible
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Depravity
 Definition
State of making things morally bad
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Deride
 Definition
Ridicule
Term
Descry
 Definition
Discern
Term
Despot
 Definition
Tyrant
Term
Destitute
 Definition
Impoverished
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Desultory
 Definition
Lacking connection
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Diaphanous
 Definition
Transparent
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Didcactic
 Definition
Intending to teach
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Discomfit
 Definition
Confuse
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Dispensation
 Definition
Something given from a higher authority
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Distend
 Definition
Stretch out
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Divest
 Definition
Take away
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Docile
 Definition
Easy to influence
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Dolorous
 Definition
Causing sarrow
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