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Word Wealth Unit 6
Words you will never use
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English
11th Grade
11/05/2012

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copious
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abundant/plentiful
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ample
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more than enough
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bountiful
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appreciation
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profuse
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lavish to the point of excess
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cornucopia
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A symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn.
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eminent
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outstanding/prominent
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renowned
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widely known
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celebrated
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widely praised/recognized
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distinguished
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outstanding/ readily seen
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illustrious
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outstanding in the sense of brilliant; shining forth
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notorious
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widely noted/noticed (negative connotation)
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frugal
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sparing/thrifty/economical; jewish
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thrifty
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avoids waste/manages well
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economical
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buys wisely and does not spend too much
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prodigal
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wasteful/extravagant
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languid
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drooping/listless
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languish
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to droop or pine away in grief/prison/illness
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lassitude
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a feeling of weakness or weariness
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languor
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limpness or relaxation from indolence/weather/mood
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hostile
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unfriendly/warlike
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adverse
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turned against; opposing
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averse
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turned away from; unfavorable to
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inimical
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unfriendly/unfavorable
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antagonistic
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struggling against (often dramatically)
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laudable
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praiseworthy/commendable
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lenient
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mild/merciful
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luminous
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glowing/giving off light
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luminary
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heavenly body or an illustrious celebrity
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luminiferous
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light-bearing
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luminescence
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capacity for glowing or for giving off cold light
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nocturnal
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occurring at night
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nocturne
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a dreamy musical composition
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oblique
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slanting/indirect
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oblique line
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neither parallel nor a right angle with a given line
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oblique angle
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any angle except a right angle
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oblique questions
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calculated to trap a witness
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oblique actions
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tricky
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devious
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roundabout
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obnoxious
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offensive/hateful
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noxious
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poisonous/harmful
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odious
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hateful/offensive
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obtrusive
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pushing/demanding attention/showy
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obtrude
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if you obtrude yourself upon a group, you may be accepted
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officious
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forward/meddlesome/inclined to interfere where not wanted
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obtrusive
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stronger than officious (very interfering)
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perpetual
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unending/lasting forever
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continual
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intermittent (no breaks)
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incessant
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ceaseless; occurring for hours/days/months/years
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interminable
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seemingly endless
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marathon
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an endurance (implies contest/struggle)
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eternal
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forever (sometimes used carelessly)
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eternity
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unchanging reality beyond time/space
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regal
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royal/notable excellent
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regalia
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privileges/emblems/decorations of royalty
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vagrant
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roaming/wandering/wayward
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vagrant
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someone who has no fixed home
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nomadic
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living a life of no fixed home
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itinerant
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workers who go wherever they can find employment
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nomad
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a person who moves place to place, rarely staying anywhere for long
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vagabond
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more likely to be a true vagrant than a nomad
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vagrancy
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the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood.
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vehement
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violent/passionate
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vindictive
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vengeful/seeking revenge (vindictiveness often creates wars)
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resentment
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passive, slow-burning anger
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rancor
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bitter hatred/ill will
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vociferous
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vocally noisy/clamorous/loudly insistent
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clamorous
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urgently noisy
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obstreperous
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noisy/unruly
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boisterous
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noisy/unrestrained (confused rather than unruly)
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strident
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noisy, but harsh and grating
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vulnerable
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susceptible to injury/attack
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zealous
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very active/eager/devoted
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zealot
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deeply and even vehemently devoted to a cause
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fanatic
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an overzealous person
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bigot
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zealous in a blind/intolerant/self-glorifying way
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