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Semester 2 Vocab
Semester 2 Vocab
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English
11th Grade
06/10/2007
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factionalism
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party strife and intrigue
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palliate
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to make less severe by glossing over
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resplendent
 Definition
shining or gleaming brilliantly
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accounterments
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trappings
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apogee
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the furthest or highest point
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coalesce
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the blend together to form a substance
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contretemps
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a mishap or blunder
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cull
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to pick out
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disparate
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opposite
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disparate
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opposite
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dogmatic
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inclined to state opinions as fact
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usurpation
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the act of taking or making without right
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acerbity
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sourness of taste or remark
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bromide
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a trite remark
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expound
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to explain in great detail
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imprecaution
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a curse
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imprecaution
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a curse
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ineluctable
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not able to be avoided
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augur
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to fortell
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execrable
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utterly detestable
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vitupercative
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uttering or giving to censure, verbal abuse
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bilious
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indicative of a peevish nature
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aegis
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protection or patronage
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apprise
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to inform of
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solecism
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a substandard or ungramatical usage
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factitous
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produced by humans rather than by natural forces
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fecund
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intellectually productive
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litany
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lengthy resitation
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recurdescense
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a new outbreak after a period of inactivity
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prevacator
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a liar
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propensity
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an often intense, natural inclination
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sententiously
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with excessive moralizing
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wantonly
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incontinently
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without self restraint, often sexually
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peoration
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the concluding part of a discourse
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implacably
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with firm resolution, immovably
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empirical
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derrived from practical experience
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immolate
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to kill as a sacrifice
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prolix
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long winded
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sycophant
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a servile, self seeking flatterer
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acumen
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keenness of insight
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ad hoc
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for this specific purpose
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nepotism
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favoritism of one's own relatives
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incohate
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just beginning
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carte blanche
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full freedom and authorty to act alone
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insouciant
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blithley indifferent
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tendentious
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biast
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internecine
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mutually distructive
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