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Exam Review 2010
Mrs. Lairds Vocab
48
English
11th Grade
01/19/2010
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Abate
 Definition
to make less in amount
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Acrimonious
 Definition
Stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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Affable
 Definition
easy to talk to
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Annotation
 Definition
a critical or an explanatory note or comment
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Ascribe
 Definition
to sign or refer to
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Bedlam
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a state or scene of uproar and confusion
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Bombastic
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pompous or overblown in language
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Brusque
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abrupt or blunt
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Callow
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immature
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Commiserate
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to have pity or sorrow for
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Contrive
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invent
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Corpulent
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fat
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Decadence
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to decline or decay
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Demagogue
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a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
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Desecrate
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pollute
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Dispassionate
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free from emotion
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Egregious
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standing out from the mass (in a bad way)
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Epitome
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a summary
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Expostulate
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an attempt to dissuade someone
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Extricate
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to remove with effort
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Fortuitous
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accidental
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Gratuitous
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freely given
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Hackneyed
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over used
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Hiatus
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a gap or opening
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Immutable
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constant
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Impugn
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to call into question
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Inconsequential
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unimportant
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Infer
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to hint
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Innuendo
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a hint
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Intrinsic
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essential
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Irrevocable
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incapable of being changed
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Megalomania
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a delusion marked by a feeling of power or wealth
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Mitigate
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to make milder or softer
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Ostentatious
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showy
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Paragon
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a model of excellence or perfection
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Pernicioius
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deadly
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Proclivity
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a natural tendency
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Recapitulate
 Definition
to sum up
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Repudiate
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to disown or reject
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Restitution
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the act of restoring something to its rightful owner
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Sanctimonious
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self-righteous
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Scathing
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bitterly severe
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Scurrilous
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coarsely abusive
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Seditious
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resistant to lawful authorities
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Surmise
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to guess
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Surreptitious
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stealthy or secret
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Tenuous
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then, slender, or lacking clarity
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Unwieldy
 Definition
not easily carried
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