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Sophmore- Final vocab II
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10th Grade
05/28/2008
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Fastidious
 Definition
(adj) hard to please
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Figurative
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(adj) metaphorical, literal
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Austere
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(adj) strict; forbidding
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Incorrigible
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(adj) incapable of being reformed
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Accolade
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(n) any award, honor
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Genteel
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(adj) belonging or suited to polite society.
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Irony
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(n) the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning, sarcasm
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Slant rhyme
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(n) half-rhyme
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Notorious
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(adj) widely and unfavorably known
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Hapless 
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(adj) unlucky
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Unconscionable 
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(adj) not guided or controlled by conscience

 
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Lucid 
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(adj) easily understood
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Loquacious 
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(adj) talkative
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Panacea 
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(n) cure-all
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Despondent
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(adj) hopeless
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Nominal 
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(adj) being such in name only
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Quixotic

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(adj) imaginary

 
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Fatalist
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(n) submission to fate
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Tentative 
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(adj) experiment
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Unctuous
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(adj) oily, fatty
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Vex
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(v) to annoy
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Temerity 
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(n) rashness
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Strife 
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(n) struggle, fighting
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Static 
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(adj) still
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Profound 
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(adj) deep
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Zealous
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(adj) fervent
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Alliteration 
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(n) the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
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Infer
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(v) to derive by reasoning; conclude
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Morose 
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(n) gloom
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Reclusive 
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(n) marked by withdrawal from society
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Ebullient 
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(adj) bubbling with excitement, ardent
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Soporific
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(adj) sleep-inducing, causing to sleep
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Oblique 
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(adj) sloping, indirect
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Vapid 
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(adj) tasteless, flat
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Illicit 
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(adj) unlawful, unofficial, not legally permitted
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Putative 
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(adj) supposed
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Tout 
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(v) to solicit customers, votes
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Obstinate
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(adj) stubborn
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Dictatorial 
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(adj) related to dictator
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