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Vocabulary List 5
English 4 LEAP AP Kenny Vocab
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12th Grade
10/03/2009

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Term
peregrination
Definition
To journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot. To travel through or over; traverse.
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gaffe
Definition
1. A social blunder; faux pas. 2. A clumsy social error. 3. A blatant mistake or misjudgment. 4. Socially awkward or tactless act.
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virago
Definition
1: a loud voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew. 2: a woman of great stature, strength, and courage.
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ubiquitous
Definition
existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; being or seeming to be everywhere at once; omnipresent.
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flippant
Definition
disrespectful levity; frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; speaking with ease and rapidity; talkative; voluble; characterized by levity.
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excoriate
Definition
1. To denounce or berate severely, flay severely; 2. To remove or strip off skin.
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bilateral
Definition
1. pertaining to, involving, or affecting two or both sides, factions, parties, or the like: 2. having or formed of two sides; two-sided.
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cajole
Definition
to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax; to urge with gentle, repeated appeals.
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erstwhile
Definition
in the past; at a former time; belonging to a previous time; former. This archaic term should be known but not used.
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saturnine
Definition
1. Sluggish in temperament, gloomy, taciturn; 2. Suffering from lead poisoning, as a person; 3. Melancholy or sullen in disposition.
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fortnight
Definition
period of 14 days: two weeks
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subrogate
Definition
to put in the place of another; especially: to substitute (as a second creditor) for another with regard to a legal right or claim.
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nostrum
Definition
a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine; a scheme, theory, device.
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ignominy
Definition
1. deep personal dishonor or humiliation; disgrace; 2. disgraceful or dishonorable conduct.
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paragon
Definition
a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence.
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preceptor
Definition
1. an instructor; teacher; tutor. 2. the head of a school.
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platitude
Definition
A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant. Lack of originality; trite.
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odious
Definition
1. arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure; deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable. 2. highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.
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congruence
Definition
1. the quality or state of agreeing of corresponding; agreement, harmony 2. Mathematics. a relationship between two numbers indicating that the numbers give the same remainder when divided by some given number.
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mercurial
Definition
1. changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic 2. animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.
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repine
Definition
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain. To yearn after something.
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nebulous
Definition
1. cloudy, misty, or hazy. 2. lacking definite forms or limits; vague.
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Elysium
Definition
any place or state of perfect happiness; paradise.
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amenable
Definition
1. ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable; 2. liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible.
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expiate
Definition
1. obsolete : to put an end to. 2. to extinguish the guilt incurred by; to make amends for.
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prosaic
Definition
1. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative 2. of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry.
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induce
Definition
to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind.
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circumlocution
Definition
a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; evasion in speech or writing; rambling, meandering.
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dereliction
Definition
deliberate or conscious neglect; willful neglect, as of a duty or principle. 2. the act of abandoning; abandonment.
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draconian
Definition
1. extremely cruel or severe; rigorous 2. characteristic of Draco or his code of laws
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