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VOCAB
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45
English
10th Grade
04/19/2006

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Squalor
Definition
Dirt, Neglect, Rechid Conditions
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Aggregate
Definition
Total or combined amount of
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Idiom
Definition
A language or phrase distinct for a locale or set of people; dialect , a common, well known expression of a specific person, place or time
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Iconoclast
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A person who critisizes established ideas or traditions
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Maudlin
Definition
Overly sentimental
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Imbroglio
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An akward, embarassing, often confusing situation; embroilment or altercation
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Rancor
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Enmity or hatred built up over time; bitterness
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Lexicon
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A dictionary; vocabulary particular to a language or topic
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Tenacious
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Not easily pulled apart, cohesive and tough
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Latent
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Hidden or submerged, waiting to be aroused; dormant
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Estranged
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To set apart or at odds that which had been closely attuned; to alienate
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Lucid
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Clear and distinct; being sane in full possession of intellegence; intellegable
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Importune
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Being persistence in demands or request; troublesome
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Laudable
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Deserving appraise; commendable
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Dissipated
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To thin out or to drive away to the point that almost nothing is left (as a mob is dissipated). To use up in a worthless, foolish way (as an inheritence); to waste
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Inundated
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To overwhelm or flow over, as with a flood
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Insipid
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Lacking interest or stimulation; flat, dull
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Moot
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Something debateable or indispute; also plainly abstract, strictly academic (in the sense that the outcome will not be affected)
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Ignominy
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Profound disgrace or humiliation; dishonor, infamy
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Consternation
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Worry or concern: dismay or astonishment
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Vicissitude
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Changeabilityl mutability; movement or change in circumstances; fluctuations or difficulties
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Ingratiate
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To work your way into someone's good graces (use with "with")
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Opulence
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Wealth
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Transcended
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To go above or beyond the known or accepted limits; to exceed expectations
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Vacillate
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To move or sway back and forthe; to fluxuate; to change fropm one opinion to another; also to hesitate
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Salient
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Very noticeable or conspicuous
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Disparaging
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To belittle, downgrade, or decry; to insult
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Recalcitrant
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Tought to manage or control; strongly against authority; unruly, refractory
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Transient
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Of extremely brief duration; short-lived, transitory, fleeting, ephemeral, evanescent
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Impetus
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The stimulus that gets something going; impulse, incentive
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Tactile
Definition
Felt, touchable; tangible
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Perjorative
Definition
Making something worse; disparaging (as perjorative remarks)
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Prodigious
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Inspiring awe; extremely large; enourmous, monsterous
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Baroque
Definition
Extravaggant, elaborate style of decoration or presentation; ornate, as music or literature
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Salubrious
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Giving a feeling of well being or aiding in well being; favorable to health
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Poignant
Definition
Profoundly affecting feelings; highly emotional in affect; peircing
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Pathos
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Stirrings of pity; poignancy
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Placate
Definition
To calm, appease, particularly by offering to be good or to do a favor for someone
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Proclivity
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Natural inclination or tendancy toward; inherint leaning towards something objectionable
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Inordinate
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Beyond normal limits; unreasonable, accdesive, moderate
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Dilemma
Definition
Problem lacking a good solution; quandry in which the only two alternatives are equally unsatisfactory
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Plebian
Definition
Concerning the common folk or masses (often used in a derogatory way)
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Trite
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Worn out and inaffective form overuse hackneyed, banal, state (applies to expressions and words)
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Prowess
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Unusual skill or ability, military bravery & skills
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Aphorism
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Short statement of principlel; belief; adage; proverb
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