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Summer Reading Vocabulary
1984, Importance of being Enest and Return of the Native vocabulary
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English
11th Grade
08/26/2008

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Candid
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truthful and straight fowars, frank
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Conduce
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To help bring out
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Tedious
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too long, slow, dull
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Forte
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a thing which someone excels
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Propound
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to put foward for consideration
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expurgate
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to remove matter throught to be objectionable or unsuitable
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recumbant
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lying down
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Profligate
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recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of recourses
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Incomprehensible

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not able to mbe understood
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Utilitarian
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designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive
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Commend
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to praise formally or offically
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Triviality
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of little value or importance
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Irretrievable

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not able to be retrieved or put right
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Vacillate
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alternate or waver bewtween opinions or attractions
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Melodramatic
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exaggerated, sensationalized, or overemotional
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Misnathrope
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dislikes human kind, avoids the human society
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Celibacy
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abstaining from mairrage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons
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Immersionthe
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the act of immersing someone or something in a liquid
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Equaniminty
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mental calmness and composure. Evenness of temper.
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Impetuous
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acting or done quickly without thought or care

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Philantropic
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seeking to promore the welfare of others by donating money to good causes; benevolent
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Presumptuous
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failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate
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credulity
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a tendancy to believe that something is real or true
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Insuperable
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impossible to overcome
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Refute
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to disprove, to prove to be wrong
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consternation
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feeling of anziety or dismay
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Temperance
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anstinence from alcoholic drink
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Inquisitive
Definition
curious or inquiring
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Irrevocable
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not able to be changed or reversed or recovered
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Eccentric
Definition
unconventional and slighty strange
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Diminution
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a reduction in the size, extent, ot importance of something
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Abashed
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to cause to feel embarrased, disconcerted or ashamed
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Commotion
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a state of confused and noisy disturbance
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Inexorably
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impossible to stop or prevent. Impossible to persuade a person
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Arbitrary
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based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system
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Rash
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acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration

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Smugly
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having or showing excessive pride in one's self or achievments
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Oligachies
Definition
small groups of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
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Zealot
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a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in the pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals
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tour de farce orifices
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an impressive performance or achievement that has been accomplished or managed with great skill
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Sinecures
Definition
a position requiring little or no work but giving the older statue or financial benefit
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intolerable
Definition
unable to be endured
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incredulity
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the state of being unwilling or unable to believe in something
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Pragmatism

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an approach that assesses the truth of meaning in theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application
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Luminous
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full or shedding light. Bright ot shining in the dark
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Vague
Definition
uncertain or indefinate
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Euphony
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the quality of being pleasing to the ear through harmonious combination of words
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Callousness
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showing or having an incentive and cruel disregard for others
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Vindicate
Definition
clear of blame or suspicion
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Strident
Definition
loud and harsh; grating
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Equivocation
Definition
use of ambiguous language as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
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Capitalists
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a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with principles of capitalism
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Persiflage
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light ans slightly contemptous mockery or banter
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Spurious
Definition
not being what it purports to be; flase or fake
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Proleteriant
Definition
workers or working class people regarded collectively-Marxism
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Ideological
Definition
a system of ideals or ideas that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy
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Abyss
Definition
 a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm
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Atrocity
Definition
an extremely wicked and crucial act, typically involving physical violence
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Indoctrinate
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to teach a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically
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Torpid
Definition
mentally or physically inactive, lethargic
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Culpable
Definition
Deserving blame
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Emaciation
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make abnormally thin or weak because of illness or lack of food
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Jargon
Definition
special words or expressions that are used for a particular profession or group that are difficult for others to understand
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Axiom
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a statement or proposition that is accepted or self evidently true
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Fatuous
Definition
silly pointless
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sabotage
Definition
deliberately destry something
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Iniwuity
Definition
Immoral or grossly unfair behavior
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Aloof
Definition
not friendly or forthcoming, cool and distant
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Ambiguous
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open to one or more interpretations. Having double meaning
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Anachronism
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a thing belonging to a period other than which it exists in
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Ascetic
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characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons
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Burnished
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polished by rubbing. Enhancing or perfect
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Conflagration
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an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property
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Coterie
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a small group of people with shared interests or tast
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Declivity
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a downward slope
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Ennoble
Definition
give someone a noble rank or title
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Ensconce
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establish or settle in a comfortable, secret place
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Equanimity
Definition
mental calmness composure
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Evanescent
Definition
soon passing out of sight, memory or existence; quickly fading or disappearing
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Fervid
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intensely enthusiastic or passionate
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Galvanize
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to shock or excite, typically into taking action
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Grievous
Definition
very severe or serious
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Impervious
Definition
not allowing fluid to pass though
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Incipient
Definition
in an initial stage, beginning to happen
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Languid
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slow and relaxed
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Lassitude
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 state of physical or mental weariness, lack of energy
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Perspicacious
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having a ready insight into understanding of things
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Plaintive
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sounding sad and mournful
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Prevarication
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to speak or act in an evasive way
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Propinquity
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the state of being close to someone or something; proximity
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Quandary
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a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation
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Recalcitrant
Definition
having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline
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Recapitulation
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an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something
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Reticence
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not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily
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Sedulously
Definition
Showing Dedication
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Spurious
Definition
not being what it purports to be; false or fake
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Stolid
Definition
calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
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Supercilious
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behaving or looking as though one think one is superior to others
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Taciturn
Definition
reserved or uncommunicative in speech. Saying little
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Undulant
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having a rising and falling motion or appearance like that of waves; undulating
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Vexation
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the state of being annoyed, frustrated or worried
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Vouchsafe
Definition
give or grant something to someone in a gracious or condensing manner
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