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11th Grade
11/23/2007
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Aberrant
 Definition
– deviant
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Accost
 Definition
– approach and speak to aggressively
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Acrid
 Definition
– sharp and biting
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Alacrity –
 Definition
cheerful readiness
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Alacrity
 Definition
– cheerful readiness
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Alembic
 Definition
"– anything that transforms, purifies, or refines"
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Alight
 Definition
– Dismount
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Ambulate
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– to walk
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Anecdote
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" - a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical."
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Anent –
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" about, concerning"
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Aplomb –
 Definition
self-confident assurance
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Apostate
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– abandoning of a former loyalty
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Apotheosis
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"– elevation to divine status, deification"
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Ascetic
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– someone who lives a simple life in pursuit of contemplative ideals
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Athwart –
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" across, in opposition to"
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Attune –
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bring into harmony
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Bevy
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– large group
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Bilious
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– irritable
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Blandishment
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– flattering or coaxing speech or act
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Burlesque
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– witty or derisive imitation
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Buxom
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– full-bosomed
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Cathartic –
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pertaining to catharsis (purging or relieving of emotional tensions)
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Celestial
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– relating to the sky; heavenly
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Clemency
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– mercifulness
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Coeval
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– of the same age of time period
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Coltish –
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" (Colt – Young, male horse)"
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Comatose
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– (adj. of Coma)
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Comely
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– attractive
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Compendious
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– concise and comprehensive
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Congenial
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– agreeable
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Connubial
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– relating to marriage
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Contiguous
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- connected to or adjoining
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Convivial
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"– relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company"
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Coquette
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– flirt
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Countenance
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– facial expression
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Dapper
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– neat and stylishly dressed
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Debauch
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– seduce or corrupt
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Decorous
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– in proper behavior
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Dejected
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– sad
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Delectable
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– delicious
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Delectation
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"– delight, enjoyment"
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Deluge
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– flood; drenching rain
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Demure
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– modest
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Depreciatory –
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" lowering in estimation or esteem, value"
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Deride
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– make fun of (derisive)
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Diaphanous
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"– light, delicate, and almost transparent"
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Diffident –
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shy
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Dilettante
 Definition
– lover of art
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Dissolution
 Definition
– act of bringing to an end
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Distend
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– swell out
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Dyspepsia
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– indigestion
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Eclectic –
 Definition
drawing or drawn from many sources
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Educe
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– bring out or develop; elicit
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Effusion
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– a gushing forth
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Elocution
 Definition
– art of public speaking
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Emphatic
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– uttered with emphasis
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Epistle
 Definition
– letter
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Ethereal
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– 1) celestial 2) exceptionally delicate
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Fastidious
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– hard to please
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Feint
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A deceptive action calculated to divert attention from one's real purpose
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Felicity
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– great happiness
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Flippant –
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"shallow, lacking seriousness"
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Formidable
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– causing fear or dread
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Friable –
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easily pulverized
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Frowsy
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– untidy
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Furtive
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– sly or secretively done
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Gait
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– matter of walking
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Genteel –
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polite and refined
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Glib
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– speaking or spoken with ease
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Hanker
 Definition
– desire strongly
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Hassock
 Definition
– cushion used as a seat or footrest
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Histrionic
 Definition
"– Theatrical, dramatic (of or relating to the theater, actors…etc)"
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Illicit
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– not lawful
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Immolate
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– offer in sacrifice
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Imperious
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"– domineering, commanding "
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Impetuous
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– impulsive
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Impunity –
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exemption from punishment or harm
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Inane
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– silly or stupid
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Incandescent
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– glowing with heat; brilliant
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Incondite
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– badly put together; crude
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Incorrigible
 Definition
– incapable of being corrected or reformed
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Incubus
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an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep; especially : one that has sexual intercourse with women while they are sleeping
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Indolent
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– lazy
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Inexorable
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– unyielding or relentless
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Ingratiating –
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bringing oneself into favor (making one “look good”)
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Innocuous
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"– harmless, inoffensive"
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Insatiable
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– cannot be satisfied
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Inscrutable
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"– not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood. (Mysterious)"
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Insipid
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"– tasteless, not stimulating"
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Inundate
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– flood
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Inutile
 Definition
– not useful
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Iridescent
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– rainbow-like
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Jalopy
 Definition
– dilapidated vehicle
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Jocose
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– jocular (in jest)
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Languor –
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lack of energy or vitality (lethargy)
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Lascivious
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– lewd
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Lilt
 Definition
– rhythmical swing or flow
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Litigious
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" – Disputatious, contentious (prone to engage in lawsuits)"
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Lucid
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– expressed clearly
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Lurid
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– gruesome
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Mawkish
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– sickly sentimental
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Mercurial –
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"changeable, erratic, fickle"
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Missive
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– letter
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Mollify
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– sooth in temper
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Morose
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– expressing gloom
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Obstinate
 Definition
– stubborn
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Odious
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– hated
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Opacity
 Definition
– obscurity of sense (opaque)
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Ornithology
 Definition
– study of birds
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Ostensibly
 Definition
– seemingly
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Ostentation –
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pretentious display
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Palatial
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– palace-like
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Palliative –
 Definition
covering by excuses and apologies (easing symptoms without curing underlying disease)
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Pallid
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– pale
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Parsimony
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"– frugality, stinginess"
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Patrimony
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– something inherited
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Perfunctory
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– done as duty
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Perspicacious
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– showing keen understanding or discernment
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Plangency
 Definition
– loud and reverberating sound
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Platitude
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– trite remark
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Platitudinous
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– characterized or given by platitudes
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Poignant
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– emotionally painful
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Precocious –
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exceptionally advanced
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Predilection
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– established preference
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Preprandial
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– suitable for the time right before dinner
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Pretentious –
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showy
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Priggish
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– (prig – one who irritates by rigid or pointed observance of proprieties)
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Propensity
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– particular interest or inclination
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Prurient
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– lewd
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Purloin
 Definition
– steal
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Querulous –
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full of complaints
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Raffish
 Definition
– flashily vulgar
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Rapt
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– engrossed
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Recondite
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– hard to understand
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Reprehensible –
 Definition
worthy of criticism; guilty
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Reticent –
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"reserved, disposed not to speak"
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Reverie
 Definition
– day dream
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Ribald –
 Definition
coarse or vulgar
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Rigmarole
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"– 1) meaningless talk 2) complicated, often unnecessary procedure"
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Ruminate
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– contemplate
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Sable
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– black
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Saporous
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– flavorful; full of taste
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Sardonic
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– mocking sneer/scorn
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Sartorial
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- relating to a tailor or clothes
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Saunter
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– stroll
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Semblance
 Definition
– appearance
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Servile
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– behaving like a servant
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Shamming
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– faking
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Shoddy –
 Definition
poorly made or done
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Skittish
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– easily frightened
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Solicitous
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– concerned or anxious
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Solipsism –
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theory that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing. (extreme egocentrism)
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Sonorous
 Definition
"– loud, deep, impressive"
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Spry
 Definition
– agile and active
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Spurious
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– not genuine
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Squall
 Definition
"– violent, brief storm"
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Suffuse
 Definition
– spread over or through
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Sumptuous –
 Definition
lavish
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Sundry
 Definition
– several
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Tepid
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– moderately warm
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Torpid
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– having lost motion or the power of exertion
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Torrid
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– parched with heat
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Trite
 Definition
– commonplace
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Truculent
 Definition
– aggressively self-assertive
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Tumescent
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– swelling
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Ululation –
 Definition
" howl, wail"
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Umbrage –
 Definition
resentment
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Vagrant
 Definition
– person with no home and no job
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Venery
 Definition
"– hunting, (animals that are hunted; game)"
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Verisimilitude
 Definition
– appearance of being true
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Vermiform
 Definition
– worm-shaped
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Vernal
 Definition
– relating to spring
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Victuals
 Definition
– Food
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Viscount
 Definition
– British nobleman
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Wanton
 Definition
lewd, immoral
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