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Vocabukary test-56
56-vocab words
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English
10th Grade
12/06/2006

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sycophant (n)
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one who flatters a superior excessively to gain favor; a blind follower
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nostalgic (adj)
Definition
homesick; or yearning for the past
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poignant (adj)
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painfully touching: and and beautiful at the same time
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haggard (adj)
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careworn; looking unkempt and /or ill after some ordeal
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sardonic (adj)
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bitterly sarcastic
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jocose (adj)
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given to jesting; playfully humorous
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travesty (n)
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imitation that makes a serious thing seem more ridiculous:mockery
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sullen (adj)
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resentfully silent; glum; gloomy
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svelte (adj)
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slender; limber
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laudable (adj)
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worthy of praise
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laudatory (adJ)
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expressing praise
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calumnious (adj)
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falsely and maliciously accusing ; slanderous
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droll (adj)
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odd and laughter producing
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alacrity (n)
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cheerful willingness; readiness; liveliness
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volition(n)
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will
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zenith (n)
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highest point
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eminent (adj)
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standing out; notable;famous
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aversion (n)
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stong dislike
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disconsolate (adc)
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unable to be consoled or comforted
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badger (v)
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to tease or anny; nag
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lackey (n)
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follower who carries out another's wishes like a servant: toady
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effrontery (n)
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shameless boldness; insolence;gall; temerity
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tepid (adj)
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lukewarm
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inane (adj)
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lacking of significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid
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peruse (v)
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read; look at attentively; study
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idolent (adj)
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lazy; idle
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parsimonious (adj)
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stingy
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reticent (adj)
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inclined to be silent or secretive; uncomminicative
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frank (adj)
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open; opposite of reticent
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intractable (adj)
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undisplined; unruly
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raze (v)
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destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish
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folly (n)
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lack of good sense; follish action or undertaking
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amerliorate (v)
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to become better; improve
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apogee (n)
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highest point; culmination
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ethereal (adj)
Definition
of the heavens
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precipitous (ad)
Definition
steep, as a precipice; hasty rash
(precipice- edge of cliff)
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abysmal (adj)
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deep; prfound; at the bottom
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nepotism (n)
Definition
favoritism to relatives by those in power
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noisome (adj)
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offensive to smell; disgusting; noxious
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nonage (n)
Definition
legal minority; period before maturity
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crone (n)
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withered old woman
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pristine (adj)
Definition
in original, long-ago state; uncorrupted
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puerlie (adj)
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follish for a grown person to say or do; childish
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teetotaler (n)
Definition
person who totally abstains from alchohlic beverages
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carousal (n)
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jovial feast; drinking party; orgy
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jettison (v)
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to throw goods overboard to lighten a ship or plane; discar
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slatternly (adj)
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untidy; dirty from habitual neglect; slovenly
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sordid (adj)
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filthy; vile
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offal (n)
Definition
waste parts of a butchered animal;garbage
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propinquity (n)
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kinship; nearness to a place; proximity
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arbitrary (adj)
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autocratice; despotic; proceeding form a whim or fancy
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crux (n)
Definition
most imortant point; essintial part
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dogmatic (adj)
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asserting opinions as if they were facrs; opinionated; asserted without proff
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ecletic (adj)
Definition
choosing (ideas, methods, etc.) from various soruces
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tenable (adj)
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capable of being maintained or defended, as an argument or belief
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nugatory (adj)
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of little or no value; trifiling; worthless
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