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English Exam
SM1 Vocab- PART 1
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11th Grade
12/15/2010
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abash
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embarass
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abhor
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detest; hate
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amicable
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friendly
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ablution
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washing
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acquiescent
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accepting passively
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antediluvian
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antiquated; ancient
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abstruse
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obscure;profound;difficult to understand
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adamant
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hard; inflexible
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acriminous
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stinging; caustic; bitter
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append
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attatch
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addle
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rotten; muzzled; crazy
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affable
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showing warmth; friendliness; amicable; benign; easy to convince with
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anathema
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solemn curse
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assuage
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ease; lessen (pain)
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amulet
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charm; talisman
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aghast
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horrified
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aplomb
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poise
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aver
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state confidently
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antithesis
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contrast; direct opposite of
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alleviate
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relieve
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apocryphal
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not genuine; sham
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awry
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distorted; crooked
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astute
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wise; shrewed
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amorphous
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shapeless
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apprise
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inform
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audacity
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boldness
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aptitude
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fitness; talent
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial;austere
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auspicious
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favoring success
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assay
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analyze; evaluate
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askew
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crookedly; slanted; at an angle
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avarice
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greediness
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assiduous
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done with diligence
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baroque
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highly ornate
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balmy
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mild; fragrant
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babble
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chat idly
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bedraggle
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wet thoroughly
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benign
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kindly; favorable; not malignant
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bantering
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good-natured ridiculing
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banal
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hackneyed; commonplace; trite
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belligerent
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bellicose; aggressively hostile; warlike; given to waging war
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bizarre
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fantastic; violently contrasting
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blithe
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gay; joyous
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beleaguer
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besiege
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belabor
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heat soundly; assail verbally
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bucolic
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rustic; pastoral
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bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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buffoonery
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clowning
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bereft
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deprived of; lacking
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bludgeon
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club; heavy-handed weapon
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing; polish
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besmirch
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soil; defile
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bootless
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useless
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bogus
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counterfeit; not authentic
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buxom
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plump; vigorous; jolly
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baffle
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frustrate; perplex
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catholic
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broadly sympathetic; liberal
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censure
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blame; criticize
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charlatan
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quack; pretender to knowledge
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chagrin
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vexation; disappointment
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chide
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scold
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checkered
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marked by changes in fortune
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cant
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jargon of theives; pious phraseology
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cognomen
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family name
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clandestine
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secret
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canvass
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determine votes; etc.
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contrite
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penitent
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coalesce
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combine; fuse
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cache
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hiding place
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carping
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finding fault
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cower
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shrink quivering, as from fear
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comestible
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something fit to be eaten
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cacophony
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discordant sound
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chicanery
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trickery
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crabbed
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sour; peevish
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condone
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overlook; forgive
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cadaverous
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like a corpse; pale
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churlish
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boorish; rude
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craven
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cowardly
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corpulant
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very fat
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canard
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canard
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unfoundedc rumor; exaggerated report
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cite
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quote; commend
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crestfallen
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dejected; dispirited
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candid
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informal; frank; subterfuge; outspoken,open and sincere; unposed
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capricious
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fickle; incalcuable
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commodious
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spacious and comfortable
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culmination
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attainment of highest point
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chary
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cautiously watchful
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crass
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very unredefine; grossly insensible
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chattel
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personal property
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clarion
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shrill; trumpet-like sound
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curtail
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shorten, reduce
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cleave
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split assunder
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cleft
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split
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cognizant
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knowledge
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comely
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attractive; agreeable
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confiscate
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seize; commandeer
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cryptic
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mysterious; hidden; secret
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cupidity
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greed
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