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Tenth Grade English Final Exam Review 2011 - Vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
06/12/2011

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Acquiesce
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To agree without protest
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Acrimonious
Definition
Bitter or sharp in language, tone or behavior
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Adamant
Definition
Unyielding, inflexible, refusing to give in
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Advocate
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To argue in support of a cause
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Alacrity
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Cheerful willingness or eagerness
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Analogous
Definition
Comparable
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Antithesis
Definition
Opposition or contrast
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Apathy
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Indifference; Lack of interest or concern for things others find interesting
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Aplomb
Definition
Poise, self-assurance
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Apothecary
Definition
A pharmacist or druggist
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Appalled
Definition
Struck with fear or dismay
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Ascend
Definition
To go upward
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Assauge
Definition
To make milder or less severe
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Befouled
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To make dirty; Also, to speak badly of
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Benevolence
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Desire to do good to others; Acts of kindness
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Blasphemy
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Disrespect toward something sacred
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Blithely
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Happily, cheerfully, joyously
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Chattel
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A moveable article of personal property
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Commensurate
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Proportionate; Having the same measure
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Concede
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To admite that something is true
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Depreciate
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To lessen the value or price of
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Didactic
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Teaching a moral lesson
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Disparage
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To speak negatively about someone or something
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Disparity
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Different or unequal
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Doleful
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Sorrowful or mournful
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Edify
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To instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually
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Egregious
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Extraordinary in some bad way
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Elucidate
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To clarify
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Elusive
Definition
Difficult to capture or comprehend
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Empathy
Definition
Being able to identify with thoughts or feelings of another person
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Emphemeral
Definition
Lasting a very short time
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Erudite
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Extremely knowledgeable; Scholarly
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Estrange
Definition
To alienate; To remove or keep at a distance
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Exacerbate
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To aggravate or make worse
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Exonerate
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To free from guilt or blame
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Facile
Definition
Easily done
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Flout
Definition
To treat with scorn or contempt
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Forthright
Definition
Honest, direct, outspoken
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Fractious
Definition
Irritable or unruly
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Fray
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Fight
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Furtive
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Secretive
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Gesticulate
Definition
Gesture
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Gregarous
Definition
Talkative, sociable
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Ignoble
Definition
Not noble
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Illicit
Definition
Illegal; Not permitted for ethical or moral reasons
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Impunity
Definition
Exemption from punishment
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Inaudible
Definition
Incapable of being heard; Muffled
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Incipient
Definition
In the beginning stages
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Incomprehensible
Definition
Impossible to understand
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Incredulity
Definition
Disbelief, skepticism, doubt
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Indigent
Definition
Poor, needy, impoverished
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Laconic
Definition
Using few words; Concise
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Loath
Definition
Unwilling or reluctant (usually to do something)
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Mortification
Definition
Humiliation, shame
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Myriad
Definition
Countless, boundless, infinite
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Obstreperous
Definition
Difficult, unruly
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Obviate
Definition
To prevent something from happening by anticipating it
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Perfunctory
Definition
Done routinely and with little interest or care
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Peruse
Definition
To read carefully
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Precipitate
Definition
To bring about prematurely or suddenly
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Prolific
Definition
Producing something in large quantities or with great frequency (a prolific writer)
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Propensity
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Inclination or tendency
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Propitioius
Definition
Favorable circumstance
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