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Vocabulary 12.14
china
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English
11th Grade
12/13/2008

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synecdoche
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figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vise versa
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procrustean
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enforcing uniformity of conformity without regard to natural variation of individuality
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williwaw
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a sudden violent storm
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sublime
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of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe
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suuccubus
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a female demon believed to have sex with sleeping men
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peevish
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easily irritated
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sibliant
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a hissing sound
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beguile
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to charm of enchant in a deceptive way
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caltrop
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a plant with a spiny fruit, a medieval weapon
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inglenook
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a small nook by a fireplace
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blight
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a disease, diseased looking, troublesome
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conundrum
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a riddle whose answer involves a pun
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susurrus
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full of whispering or rustling sounds
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idiom
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an expression whose meaning is not evident from the individual words
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quiescent
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being at rest; quiet;; still; inactive or motionless
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pblebotomist
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a specialist in drawing blood
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asunder
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in two; to pieces, to shreds, to bits
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homophone
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a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning
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anthetical couplet
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a two line poem whose second line contradicts the first
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existentialism
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stress the individual's unique position as a self-deetermining agent responsible for the authenticity of his or her choices
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epiphonema
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an exclamatory sentence, or striking, reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse
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convalescent
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recovering, getting better
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avarice
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excessive or insatiable desire or greed
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adroit
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skillful, adept
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utilitarian
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practical, functional
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loquacious
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talkative, chatty
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irk
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annoy
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plethora
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excess, surplus
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frugal
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cheap
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vicissitude
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change, variation
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concupiscent
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lustful or sensual
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disillusionment
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to free from illusion
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capricious
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fickle, inconstant, changeable
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concepiscent
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lustful or sensual
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quixotic
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like Don Quixote, irrational, impractial and idealistic
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sillion
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furrow
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virulent
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like a virus, toxic
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iambic pentemeter
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a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables with 5 pairs in a line
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mangy
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scabby, scaly, diseased
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sententious
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moralistic, moralizing, pious
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sordid
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sleazy, unsavory, shameful, slummy
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defenestrate
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a form of assassination in which a person is thrown out a window
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cupicity
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greed
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chicanery
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a quible or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade
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ubiquitous
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existing or being everywhere
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haussmannization
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rebuilding of a city
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empyrean
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the highest heaven
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vermillion
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a deep red or orange color
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concupiscent
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lustful or sensual
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disillusionment
Definition
to free from illusion
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