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Third Quarter Vocabulary
End of the Quarter
120
English
12th Grade
03/15/2007

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Altruism
Definition
Selflessness
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Animadversion
Definition
Criticism
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Apotheosis
Definition
highest level of something; best example of something
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Aspersion
Definition
slanderous remark
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Assuage
Definition
relieve something unpleasant
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Attrition
Definition
wearing away of surface; loss of personnel
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Auspicious
Definition
promising well for future
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Avarice
Definition
Greed for wealth
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BĂȘte Noire
Definition
somebody or something one particularly dislikes
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Bifurcate
Definition
divide in two
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Blatant
Definition
Very obvious; noisy
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Bombastic
Definition
pompous language (used to impress others)
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Bourgeois
Definition
conventional
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Braggadocio
Definition
overblown, empty boasting; braggart
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Carte Blanche
Definition
freedom to act
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Circutious
Definition
Indirect
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Concomitance
Definition
existence or occurrence together
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Cozen
Definition
Cheat somebody
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Craven
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Coawrdly
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Cul-de-sac
Definition
street closed at one end; impasse; body cavity resembling a pouch
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Culpable
Definition
Guilty
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Cursory
Definition
Done in a quick or superficial way
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Debauch
Definition
Lead somebody into immoral behavior; seduce somebody
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Demagogue
Definition
Emotive dictator; popular leader in ancient times
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Depredation
Definition
Plundering attack
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Disheveled
Definition
Untidy
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Disseminate
Definition
Spread
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Ecumenical
Definition
Concerning Church unity; involving friendship between religions
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Ennui
Definition
Boredom from lack of interest
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Equanimity
Definition
Eveness of temper even under stress
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Eschew
Definition
Abstain from
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Espouse
Definition
Adopt; Marry or give marriage
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Euphemism
Definition
Less offensive term
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Exacerbate
Definition
To make worse
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Excoriate
Definition
Denounce; Remove skin layer
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Exemplary
Definition
Setting an example
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Exigency
Definition
Urgent Need
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Expiation
Definition
Suffering punishment for a wrongdoing
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Expostulate
Definition
Express disagreenemt
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Factitious
Definition
Insincere; artificial
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Fecund
Definition
Fertile; highly productive
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Flagitious
Definition
Cruel or wicked; notorious or infamous
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Forte
Definition
Strong point
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Fortuitous
Definition
Accidental or unplanned; happening by luck
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Futilitarian
Definition
Believer in futility or human effort
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Gargantuan
Definition
Huge
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Habiliments
Definition
Garmet or garmets
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Harridan
Definition
scolding and ill-tempered woman
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Homogeneous
Definition
Of the same kind; having uniform composition
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Iconoclastic
Definition
Somebody challenging tradition
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Immolate
Definition
To kill as a sacrifice
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Inculcate
Definition
Impress on somebody's mind
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Inordinate
Definition
Excessive; unrestrained
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Intractable
Definition
Strong-willed and rebellious; difficult to deal with
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Intransigent
Definition
Refusing to compromise
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Inveigh
Definition
Speak out angrily
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Inveigle
Definition
Persuade
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Inverterate
Definition
Habitual; firmly established
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Jejune
Definition
Boring; childish; not very fertile
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Lagniappe
Definition
Unexpected bonus
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Lampoon
Definition
Satirize with ridicule
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Legerdemain
Definition
Show of skill
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Licentious
Definition
Sexually immoral
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Lissome
Definition
Gracefully flexible
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Logistics
Definition
Organization of Complex task
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Loquacious
Definition
Talkative
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Lugubrious
Definition
Gloomy
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Macabre
Definition
Horribly gruesome
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Machiavellian
Definition
Cunning and unscrupulous
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Magnanimous
Definition
Very generous, kind, or forgiving
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Magniloquent
Definition
Using important-sounding words
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Mellifluous
Definition
Plesant to hear
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Miscengenation
Definition
sexual relations / intermarriage between different races
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Mishmash
Definition
a disorderly collection or confused mixture of things
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Mollify
Definition
to pacify somebody
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Morose
Definition
Gloomy
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Multifarious
Definition
Diverse
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Munificent
Definition
Very generous; amble
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Niggardly
Definition
Not generous; small or inadequate
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Non sequitur
Definition
A statement that appears unrelated to a statement that follows
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Noxious
Definition
Physically harmful; disgusting; poisonous
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Nuance
Definition
Very slight difference
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Nubile
Definition
Ready for marriage; young and sexually desirable
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Obloquy
Definition
Censure; disgrace
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Ostensible
Definition
Seeming to be true or genuine, but open to doubt
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Panache
Definition
Dashing style; helmet plume
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Parsimonious
Definition
Frugal
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Penultimate
Definition
Next to last
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Peremptory
Definition
Dictorial; expressing urgency
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Persiflage
Definition
Light teasing chant; light-hearted style
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Plagiarize
Definition
Copy something from another person's work
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Preponderate
Definition
Be greater or dominant
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Propensity
Definition
Tendency
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Prosiac
Definition
Lacking imagination
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Puerile
Definition
Silly; Child-like
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Pusillanimous
Definition
Weak-spirited
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Quiescent
Definition
Inactive
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Quixotic
Definition
Romantic; impractical; impulsive
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Recondite
Definition
Understood boy only experts; hidden
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Recrudesce
Definition
Break out or become active after a dormant period
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Reiterate
Definition
Repete something
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Repartee
Definition
Witty talk / remark
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Reticent
Definition
Reserved (not talking a lot)
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Rudimentary
Definition
Basic; developing; undeveloped; embryonic state
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Ruminate
Definition
To mull over something
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Sardonic
Definition
Disdainfully or ironically mocking
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Scintillate
Definition
Sparkle; to be very dazzlingly clever
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Scurrilous
Definition
Abusive or defamatory; wicked
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Sequester
Definition
Put somebody in isolation
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Spurious
Definition
Not genuine; born out of wedlock
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Succinct
Definition
Brief and to the point; exclosed or restricted
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Sycophant
Definition
Fawning flatterer
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Tenebrous
Definition
Dark
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Tour De Force
Definition
Something done with supreme skill
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Uxorious
Definition
Excessively devoted to one's wife
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Vestige
Definition
Trace of something gone; slightest amount
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Vicarious
Definition
Experienced through another by imagining; delegated
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Vouchsafe
Definition
Condescend to give something; promise something
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Bumptious
Definition
Self-important
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Panacea
Definition
A supposed cure for all diseases and problems
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