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10th Grade
05/31/2009

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pathos
Definition
a quality that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow
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relegate
Definition
to put in charge of another for care, use, or performance: commend, commit, confide
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ruse
Definition
an indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end: artifice, deception, feint, jig,
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piquant
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affecting the organs of taste or smell: pungent, sharp, spicy, zesty
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sporadic
Definition
rarely occurring or appearing: occasional, uncommon, unusual
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erratic
Definition
following no predictable pattern
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atrophy
Definition
descent to a lower level or condition:decadence, decline, degeneracy
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moot
Definition
in doubt or dispute: arguable, contested, debatable
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emolient
Definition
soothing to the skin
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flaunt
Definition
to make a public and unusually ostentatious show of: brandish, expose, display
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paucity
Definition
deficient, defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, scantiness
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rancor
Definition
acrimony, bitterness, enbitterment, gall, resentfulness, resentment
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querulous
Definition
cantankerous, irritable, peevish
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tenet
Definition
a principle taught or advanced for belief, as by a religious group
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vacillation
Definition
hesitancy, indecision, irresolution, timidity
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deconsolate
Definition
cheerless, gloomy
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antithesis
Definition
antipodes, antonym, contrary, converse
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immutable
Definition
inalterable, inflexible, invariable, ironclad
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upbraid
Definition
admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, reprove, reprimand
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saffron
Definition
orange colored
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glib
Definition
facile, slick, smooth-tongued
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salacious
Definition
amorous, aphrodisiac, erotic, sexual, sexy
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infidel
Definition
an unbeliever with respect to religion
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precarious
Definition
infirm, insecure, shaky, tattering, unstable, unsteady, weak, wobbly
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jubilation
Definition
evultance, exulation, triumph
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iterate
Definition
repeat, restate
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impalpable
Definition
imperceptible, imponderable, inapproachable, intangible
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spurious
Definition
falacious, false, invalid, counterfeit
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wary
Definition
alert, observance, watchful, careful, cautious, prudent, circumspect
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desist
Definition
abandon, break off, quit, relinquish, stop
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esoteric
Definition
abstruse, deep, profound, recondite
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turgid
Definition
overblown, grandiloquent, windy// bloated, inflamed, tumid
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adulation
Definition
blandishment, blarney, flattery
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desecrate
Definition
defite, pollute, profane, violate
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noisome
Definition
fetid, foul, stinking
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dearth
Definition
absence, lack, want
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formidable
Definition
arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, difficult, exacting, exigent, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, weighty// appalling, dire, dreadful, redoubtable
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cacophony
Definition
jarring, discordant sound
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sedentary
Definition
requiring much sitting
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dictum
Definition
an authoritative often formal pronouncement
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orifice
Definition
an open space allowing passage: aperture
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fallow
Definition
abeyance, inactive, dormant
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buxom
Definition
having a full, voluptuous figure
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somnolent
Definition
slumberous, drowsy, hypnotic, narcotic
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aesthetic
Definition
artistic, tasteful, graceful, elegant
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sedulous
Definition
assiduous, diligent, industrious, studious
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intractable
Definition
disorderly, fractions

not submitting to discipline
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nib
Definition
the sharpened point of a pen
a bird's beak or bill
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sardonic
Definition
marked by or displaying contemptuous mockery of the motives or virtues of others
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kiosk
Definition
a small open gazebo, a small structure open on one or more ends
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embezzlement
Definition
the taking of someone else's money
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beguile
Definition
bewitch, captivate, charm
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schism
Definition
breach, break, split
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itinerant
Definition
migrant, nomadic, vagrant
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conclave
Definition
assemblage, congress, meeting, convention
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rudimentary
Definition
basic, beginning, elementary
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dilate
Definition
amplify, elaborate, enlarge, expand
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brigand
Definition
a robber or bandit especially one of an outlaw band
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opulence
Definition
wealth, affluence, great abundance, profusion
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bumptious
Definition
pushy, assuming, nervy, saucy, brash, familiar, bold
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ascendent
Definition
ancestor
dominant, prevailing, supreme
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vainglorious
Definition
conceited, egotistical, narcissistic, vain
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dissipate
Definition
lift, scatter
dispel
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amiable
Definition
affable, agreeable, pleasant, sociable
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divest
Definition
denude, disrobe
deprive, rob, strip
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lexicon
Definition
argot, dialect, idiom, jargon
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suffuse
Definition
charge, impregnate, saturate, transfuse
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harrow
Definition
a farm implement that breaks up the ground
-to inflict great stress upon
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martinet
Definition
authoritarian, dictator, tyrant
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fiasco
Definition
bust, failure
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ductile
Definition
elastic, flexible, malleable, pliable
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incursion
Definition
inroad, raid, furay
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flaccid
Definition
flabby, limp
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mire
Definition
to soil with mud
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