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Vocab 14
pages 91-94; pros-novel; anti-dot (hom)
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11th Grade
12/23/2011

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prosaic
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uninspired; dull; banal
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profuse
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flowing freely; generous; excessive
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authentic
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real; genuine
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expedient
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useful for effecting a desired result
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fastidious
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not easy to please; overly critical
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philanthropy
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a desire to help people; gifts to charities
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astute
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percepptive; crafty
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brevity
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the quality of being brief
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languid
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slow; tired; drooping; weak
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novel
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new; unusual
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accept
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to take or receive from another person
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except
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to omit or leave out
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access
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the ability or right to use
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excess
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too much of something
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adapt
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to adjust to a situation
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adopt
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to choose and take and use as one's own
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advice
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wise guidance
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advise
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to give wise counsel to another
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affect
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to produce a change in
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effect
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something that is produced by an agency or cause; result
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heir
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one who inheits or who has the right of inheritance to another's property
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aisle
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walkway between or along sections of seats
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aloud
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in a normal tone of speaking voice as opposed to a whisper
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allowed
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given permission to or permitted
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allude
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to refer casually to something to make an allusion
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elude
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to avoid capture or avoid detection
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allusion
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a casual reference to something
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already
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perviously
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all ready
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entirely ready
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altar
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an elevated platform at which religious rites are performed
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alter
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to change from original form
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altogether
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wholly, completely, entirely
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all together
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in a group
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anecdote
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a short account of an inciden
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antidote
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a medicine or remedy to counteract a poison
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amorphous (adj)
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shapeless; havong no definite form; unorganizaed
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concave (adj)
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curved inward, creating a hollow space

ant. convex
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contour (n)
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outline of a figure
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distort (v)
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to twist out of shape/to change from the true meaning
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malleable (adj)
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capable of being shaped by hammering, as a metal/adaptable
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rotund (adj)
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rounded out; plump/full-toned
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sinuous (adj)
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bending in and out; winding; serpentine
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symmetrical (adj)
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balanced in arrangement; capable of divisionby a central line into similar halves

ant. asymmetrical
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symmetry (n)
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balance; harmony
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grave (adj)
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deserving serious attention; weighty; momentous
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nugatory (adj)
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of little or no value; trifling; worthless; useless
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paltry
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practically worthless; trashy; piddling; petty
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paramount (adj)
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chief; above others; supreme
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relevant (adj)
Definition
bearing upon the matter on hand; pertinent

ant. irrelevant; extraneous
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coy (adj)
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pretending to be shy
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demure (adj)
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falsely modest or serious; coy/grave; prim
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diffident (adj)
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lacking self-confidence; unduly timid; shy

ant. confident
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modest (adj)
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not thinking too highly of one's merits; unpretenious; humble

ant. ambitious
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modesty (n)
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freedom from conceit or vanity; unpretentiousness; humility
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staid (adj)
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of settled, quiet disposition; sedate
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brazen (adj)
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shameless; impudent/made of brass or branze
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egoism (n)
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excessive concern for oneself; selfishness; conceit

ant. altruism
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ostentatious (adj)
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done to impress others; showy; pretentious
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overweening (adj)
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thinking too highly for oneself; arrogant; presumptuous
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pert (adj)
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too free in speech or action; bold; saucy; impertinent
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vain (adj)
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conceited; excessively proud or concerned about one's personal appearance or achievements/empty; worthless/futile
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vainglorious (adj)
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excessively proud or boastful; elated by vanity
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vanity (n)
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condition of being too vain about one's appearance or achievemetns; conceit

ant. humility
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