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Vocabulary Exam
Vocab for Exam semester one!
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English
10th Grade
12/12/2010
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Admonish
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Warn of a fault
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Anomaly
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Different from rule

 
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Apathy
 Definition
Lack of Feeling
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belligerent
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Warlike
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Candid
 Definition
outspoken, frank
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caustic
 Definition
Intense in sarcasm
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Circumvent
 Definition
Get around someone/thing
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Conducive
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To lead, helpful
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Corpulent
 Definition
Bulky, obese fat
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Cursory
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Running Over
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Dichotomy
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Cutting into two
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Discursive
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Rambling on conversation
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Dystopia
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Place where condition is bad
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Ensue
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Resulted
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Erudite
 Definition
Learned, polished
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Euphoria
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Sense of well-being
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Extort
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Twist or turn out
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Forthright
 Definition
Direct w/o hesitation
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Haughty
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Great pride, arrogant
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Heterogeneous
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dissimilar
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Imperceptible
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not easily percieved
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Indignant
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consider as unworthy
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Insolent
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disrespectful
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Intangible
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difficult to define
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macrocosm
 Definition
Great world
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Mandate
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Authority command
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Metamorphosis
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Change of form
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Misanthrope
 Definition
hater of Mankind
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Monolith
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Large Stone
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Morose
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Gloomy
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Nostalgic
 Definition
longing to go home
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Obsequious
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follow serve obey
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Omnifarious
 Definition
all-forms
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Patriarchy
 Definition
father rules group
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Perfidious
 Definition
violation of trust
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Periphrastic
 Definition
expressed in round about way
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Perpetuity
 Definition
eternity
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Pertinent
 Definition
having to do with matter at hand
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Philanthropist
 Definition
lover of mankind
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Poignant
 Definition
sharp feelings
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Pretentious
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Characterized by importance
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Ribald
 Definition
mocking/joking
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Stringent
 Definition
Controlled, enforced
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Tenacity
 Definition
firmness in holding fast
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Theology
 Definition
study of religion
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Transgress
 Definition
step beyond limits
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Untenable
 Definition
cant be held
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Virulent
 Definition
full of hate
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Vivacious
 Definition
lively
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Voracioius
 Definition
greedy in eating
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Whimsical
 Definition
old, strange, fantastic, fun
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Xenophobia
 Definition
aversion to foreigners
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