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Vocabulary Words- Eng. Final
Literature-related terms from Writer's INC
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English
8th Grade
05/26/2007

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abrogate
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verb- to abolish by formal means; to put an end to; to treat as nonexistent
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bellicose
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adjective- eager to fight; combative; pugnacious
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deciduous
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adjective- transitory; not lasting
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fatuous
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adjective- silly; foolish; insane; unreal
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gauche
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adjective- lacking grace; dull
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incontrovertible
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adjective- impossible to deny or disprove
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loquacious
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adjective- talkative
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nonsectarian
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adjective- not having a sectarian character; not restricted to a particular religious group
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oligarchy
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noun- a system of government controlled by a small group usually for selfish purposes
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precipitous
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adjective- done with great haste or anxiety
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suffragist
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noun- an advocate of the woman's movement to win voting rights
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tautology
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noun- redundancy; needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word
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vacuous
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adjective- empty; lacking intellect
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plethora
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a lot
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dearth
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a little
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obstreperously
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adjective- noisy
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sovereignty
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noun- supreme power over a body politic or a supreme excellence
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indignantly
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adverb- unworthily; angrily; cruelly; fairly
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brooding
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verb- thinking long and moodily; being in a state of depression
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consecrate
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verb- to set apart or seperate as sacred
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zenith
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noun- the highest point
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contemptuously
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adverb- disrespectfully; rudely
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altruism
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noun- the unselfish interest in the welfare of others
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saunter
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verb- to walk unwillingly; to walk leisurely; stroll
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beckon
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verb- to call or signal someone to approach you
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fraught
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adjective- filled with
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arbitrariness/arbitrary
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adjective- based on random choice
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jargon
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noun- the technical words used in a specific area
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ophiscate
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verb- to not make clear
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solace
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verb- to make cheerful; comfort
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ribald
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adjective- offensive; characterized for using humor

noun- a person of a low class
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reciprocity
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noun- returning a favor
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sympathy
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noun- care/pity/feeling badly
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empathy
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noun- the action of understanding; being able to put yourself in a person's place
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apathy
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noun- the action of not having feelings
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apathy
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noun- the action of not having feelings
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agnosty/agnostic
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noun- don't have enough knowledge to believe
agnostic- a person who professes neither a belief nor a disbelief in God
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patent
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noun- a writing securing for a term of years the right to make, use, or sell an invention
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decimation
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noun- destruction; reducing drastically in number
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squandering
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verb- losing; making it worse; destroying
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anachronism
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noun- a chronological misplacing of people, events, or customs in regard to each other
(out of place given the time period)
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prodigious
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adjective- abundant; amazing
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albeit
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conjunction- although; even though
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anodyne
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noun- something that calms, soothes, comforts, or relieves pain
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vertigo
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noun- dizziness
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stoic
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adjective- indifferent to pain
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gnosis
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noun- spiritual or mystical knowledge
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confabulating
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verb- filling in gaps by memory in fabrication
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plausible
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adjective- believable
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orthodoxy
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noun- strictness in one's beliefs
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raze
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verb- to destroy to the ground; demolish
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existentialism
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noun- belief that man's existence is what is most important
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insidious
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adjective- deviously; slyly
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knell
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noun- the sound of a bell, especially when rung slowly
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forbearance
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noun- self-control
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forbearance
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noun- self-control
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persiflage
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noun- the discussing of a subject
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sanctimonious
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adjective- holy, sacred
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pneumatic
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adjective- compressed by air; spiritual
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palimpsest
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noun- a parchment from which writing has been partially erased to make room for other text
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