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Vocab Second Semester 9-15
Honors English Vocab Final
110
English
10th Grade
06/12/2011
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grievous
 Definition
causing sorrow
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gregarious
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sociable
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regress
 Definition
coming back
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adherent
 Definition
connecting
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heterodox
 Definition
contrary to a standard
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homogenous
 Definition
same throughout
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hyperbole
 Definition
extravagant exaggeration
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idiosyncrasy
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a particular temperment
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hypodermic
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relating to the skin
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intrinsic
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belonging to the essential nature
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insipid
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lacking interesting qualities
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indolence
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laziness
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infrastructure
 Definition
basic framework
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interim
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time
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intramural
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occuring within
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abject
 Definition
down in spirit, low state
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juxtapose
 Definition
to compare
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abjure
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to renounce, to retract
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eclectic
 Definition
various sources
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alleviate
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to lessen
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colloquial
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informal conversation
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elucidate
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explain
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allude
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to refer casually, call attention
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antediluvian
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out of date, primitive
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magniloquent
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boastful, grandoise
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malinger
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to pretend illness to avoid work
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manual
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involving human effort
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matriculate
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to enroll in college, to register
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minutiae
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small, precise details
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preeminent
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superior
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emissary
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representative
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miscegenation
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interbreeding of diffrent races
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remonstrate
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to protest
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antropomorphic
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resembleing human form
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moribund
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near death
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immutable
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unchangable
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taxonomy
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classification
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nascent
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beginning to exist
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renaissance
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revival of life
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renaissance
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revival of life
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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pernicious
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deadly
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misnomer
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innapropriate name
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neophyte
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beginner
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pronounce
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to utter a sound in a particular manner
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obfuscate
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to obsure, to confuse
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omnicient
 Definition
knowing all things
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pacify
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to make peaceful
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panoply
 Definition
collection
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parity
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equality in power
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paradigm
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an example
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pathos
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arouses pity
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patriach
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a father head of the family, a man of great dignity and age
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paucity
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smallness in number
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pedagogue
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a teacher (negative)
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podiatrist
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professional feet doctor
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podiatrist
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professional feet doctor
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impunity
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exemption from punishment
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pendulum
 Definition
back and forth
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peruse
 Definition
to read carefully
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peripheral
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external
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propitious
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favorably inclined
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philanthropy
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donating for human welfare and advancement
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cacophony
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harsh discordance
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placid
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peaceful
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replete
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abundantly filled
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explicate
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to explain
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repository
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a storehouse, a burial place
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tractable
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easy to control
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traduce
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speak badly of
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ursurp
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to take a position of power by force
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convene
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to call people together for a meeting
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veracious
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truthful
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introvert
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a shy person
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convival
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friendly
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visage
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a persons face
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vocation
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strong feeling towards a career
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volition
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power of choosing
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perspicacious
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keen understanding
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obstinate
 Definition
stubbornly refusing
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assuage
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to make milder
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subliminal
 Definition
below the level of concious
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supercilious
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behaving contemptous
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taciturn
 Definition
reserved or uncommunicating
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tenacious
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persistant, stubborn
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tenuous
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very weak
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apotheosis
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an ideal example, the epitome
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tome
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a large book
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extort
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obtain by threat
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portly
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rather heavy, fat
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post humous
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occuring after someones death
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impregnable
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not to be overcome or overthrown
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prolific
 Definition
producing in large quantities
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approbation
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offical approval or conclusive proof
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pugnacious
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inclined to fight
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pungent
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sharply expressive
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acquisitive
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gready
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querulous
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complaints
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tranquil
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calm
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derision
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ridicule
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prerogative
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right by rank
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desultory
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lacking in consistancy
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sacrilege
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violation of anything sacred
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prescient
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foresight
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circumscribe
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to limit
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seclude
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to isolate
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sequel
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continues
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sedulous
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diligent
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sentient
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concious
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dissolute
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improper conduct
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