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English III- Vocabulary S6
Antonio Berry
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11th Grade
01/07/2016

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Anathema

(Noun.)

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Definition

Someone or something that is intensely disliked.


The teacher had anathema from everyone.

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Assuage

(Verb.)

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Definition

To satisfy.

 

The man wanted to assuage is wife.

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Avuncular

(Adj.)

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Definition

Like a benevolen uncle; familar and indulgent.

 

My uncle is very avuncular.

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Convivial

(Adj.)

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Definition

Sociable; concerned with good company and festivities.

 

I was very convivial with the state fair.

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Eclectic

(Adj.)

 

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Definition

 

A short, witty poem or poems.

 

She was famous for writing epigrams.

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Expound

(verb.)

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To explain in detail; to set forth.

 

I like to expound when describing something important.

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Intrinsic

(Adj.)

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Definition

relating to the essential nature of something; real or actual.

 

I had to intrinsic my story to the world.

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Inveterate

(Adj.)

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Definition

Habitual or deeply rooted; persistent.

 

The man was an inveterate drug user.

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Mogul

(Noun.)

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Definition

A very powerful or wealthy person; a magnate.

 


The king of france was very mogul.

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Munificent

(Adj.)

 

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Definition

Extremely generous; liberal in giving.

 

The old lady was very munificent.

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Nascent

(Adj.)

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Definition

Beginning to exist; emerging.

 

The touch screens were just beginning to nascent.

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Perspicacious

(Adj.)

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Definition

Clear-sighted; shrewd.

 

The field was very perspicacious.

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Philistine

(Noun.)

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Definition

One who is indifferent to or diadainful of intellectual values.

 

The man was very philistine with everything he did.

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Propitious

(Adj.)

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Definition

Tending to favor or assist; encouraging.

 

The teacher tended to be propitious to other students.

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