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Vocabulary Semester 2
SAT words. DHS. Semester 2 Final.
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English
9th Grade
06/04/2012
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circuituous
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roundabout
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antagonism
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hostility
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demean
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to lower the status or stature of something
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impervious
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impentrable, incapable of being affected
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rescing
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to take back, repeat
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diminuitive
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small or miniature
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lenient
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demonstrating tolerance or gentleness
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berate
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to scold vehemntly
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pungent
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having a sharp quality to describe smell
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wistful
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full of yearning; musingly sad
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rife
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abundant
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serendipity
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luck, finding good things
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delineate
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describe, outline, and shed light on
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usurp
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to seiz by force, take possesion with out right
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vilify
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to lower importance, defame
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cajole
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to coax
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guile
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decietful, cunning and sly behavior
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paramount
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greatest importance in rank
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength
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zealous
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filled with eagerness in pursuit
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arid
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excessivly dry
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imperious
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commanding
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insolent
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rude and arrogant
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rebuke
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to scold, utilize
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umbrage
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resentment
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eloquent
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expressive
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ballad
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a love song
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hypocrisy
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pretending to believe when one does not
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paradox
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apparently contradictory statements tha contain truth
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poignant
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deeply affecting
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amenity
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an item that increases comfort
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cadence
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a rhthm progressive of sound
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cordial
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warm, affectionate
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deter
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to discourage, prevent from doing
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emaciated
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very thing, feeble looking
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complacency
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self satistfied, ignorant of danger
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desolate
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deserted, dreary, lifeless
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foil
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to thwart, frusturate, defeat
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maudlin
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weakly sentimental
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vindicate
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to avenge, to free from allegation, to set free
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boisterious
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loud and full of energy
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contrue
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to interpret
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corroborate
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to support with evidence
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sanctimonious
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hypocrtical apperance of piety
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surmise
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to infer with little evidence
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antecedent
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something that came before
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antithesis
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the absolute apposite
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augment
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to expand
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balk
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to block abruptly
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canny
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shrewd or careful
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compensate
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to make payment
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covet
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to desire enviously
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curt
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abruptly and rudely short
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haughty
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disdainfully proud
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indigent
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very poor, impoverished
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abduct
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to kidnap, take by force
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insatiable
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incapable of being satisfied
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lithe
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graceful, flexible, supple
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mendacious
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having a lying, falsing character
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ostentatious
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excessively showy, glitzy
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wizened
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dry, shrunken,and wrinkled
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tremulous
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fearful
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grievous
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injurious, hurtful, serious, or grave
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innuendo
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an insinuation
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opulent
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rich abundance verging on ostentation
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lucid
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clear, easily understandable
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odious
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instilling hatred or intense displeasure
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obscure
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unclear, partially hidden
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perusal
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a careful examination
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propriety
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the quality or state of being proper
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