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Third Quarter Vocabulary
End of the Quarter
120
English
12th Grade
03/15/2007
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Altruism
 Definition
Selflessness
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Animadversion
 Definition
Criticism
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Apotheosis
 Definition
highest level of something; best example of something
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Aspersion
 Definition
slanderous remark
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Assuage
 Definition
relieve something unpleasant
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Attrition
 Definition
wearing away of surface; loss of personnel
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Auspicious
 Definition
promising well for future
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Avarice
 Definition
Greed for wealth
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Bête Noire
 Definition
somebody or something one particularly dislikes
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Bifurcate
 Definition
divide in two
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Blatant
 Definition
Very obvious; noisy
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Bombastic
 Definition
pompous language (used to impress others)
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Bourgeois
 Definition
conventional
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Braggadocio
 Definition
overblown, empty boasting; braggart
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Carte Blanche
 Definition
freedom to act
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Circutious
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Indirect
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Concomitance
 Definition
existence or occurrence together
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Cozen
 Definition
Cheat somebody
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Craven
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Coawrdly
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Cul-de-sac
 Definition
street closed at one end; impasse; body cavity resembling a pouch
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Culpable
 Definition
Guilty
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Cursory
 Definition
Done in a quick or superficial way
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Debauch
 Definition
Lead somebody into immoral behavior; seduce somebody
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Demagogue
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Emotive dictator; popular leader in ancient times
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Depredation
 Definition
Plundering attack
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Disheveled
 Definition
Untidy
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Disseminate
 Definition
Spread
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Ecumenical
 Definition
Concerning Church unity; involving friendship between religions
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Ennui
 Definition
Boredom from lack of interest
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Equanimity
 Definition
Eveness of temper even under stress
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Eschew
 Definition
Abstain from
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Espouse
 Definition
Adopt; Marry or give marriage
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Euphemism
 Definition
Less offensive term
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Exacerbate
 Definition
To make worse
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Excoriate
 Definition
Denounce; Remove skin layer
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Exemplary
 Definition
Setting an example
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Exigency
 Definition
Urgent Need
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Expiation
 Definition
Suffering punishment for a wrongdoing
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Expostulate
 Definition
Express disagreenemt
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Factitious
 Definition
Insincere; artificial
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Fecund
 Definition
Fertile; highly productive
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Flagitious
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Cruel or wicked; notorious or infamous
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Forte
 Definition
Strong point
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Fortuitous
 Definition
Accidental or unplanned; happening by luck
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Futilitarian
 Definition
Believer in futility or human effort
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Gargantuan
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Huge
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Habiliments
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Garmet or garmets
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Harridan
 Definition
scolding and ill-tempered woman
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Homogeneous
 Definition
Of the same kind; having uniform composition
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Iconoclastic
 Definition
Somebody challenging tradition
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Immolate
 Definition
To kill as a sacrifice
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Inculcate
 Definition
Impress on somebody's mind
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Inordinate
 Definition
Excessive; unrestrained
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Intractable
 Definition
Strong-willed and rebellious; difficult to deal with
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Intransigent
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Refusing to compromise
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Inveigh
 Definition
Speak out angrily
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Inveigle
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Persuade
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Inverterate
 Definition
Habitual; firmly established
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Jejune
 Definition
Boring; childish; not very fertile
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Lagniappe
 Definition
Unexpected bonus
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Lampoon
 Definition
Satirize with ridicule
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Legerdemain
 Definition
Show of skill
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Licentious
 Definition
Sexually immoral
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Lissome
 Definition
Gracefully flexible
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Logistics
 Definition
Organization of Complex task
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Loquacious
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Talkative
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Lugubrious
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Gloomy
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Macabre
 Definition
Horribly gruesome
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Machiavellian
 Definition
Cunning and unscrupulous
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Magnanimous
 Definition
Very generous, kind, or forgiving
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Magniloquent
 Definition
Using important-sounding words
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Mellifluous
 Definition
Plesant to hear
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Miscengenation
 Definition
sexual relations / intermarriage between different races
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Mishmash
 Definition
a disorderly collection or confused mixture of things
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Mollify
 Definition
to pacify somebody
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Morose
 Definition
Gloomy
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Multifarious
 Definition
Diverse
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Munificent
 Definition
Very generous; amble
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Niggardly
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Not generous; small or inadequate
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Non sequitur
 Definition
A statement that appears unrelated to a statement that follows
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Noxious
 Definition
Physically harmful; disgusting; poisonous
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Nuance
 Definition
Very slight difference
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Nubile
 Definition
Ready for marriage; young and sexually desirable
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Obloquy
 Definition
Censure; disgrace
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Ostensible
 Definition
Seeming to be true or genuine, but open to doubt
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Panache
 Definition
Dashing style; helmet plume
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Parsimonious
 Definition
Frugal
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Penultimate
 Definition
Next to last
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Peremptory
 Definition
Dictorial; expressing urgency
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Persiflage
 Definition
Light teasing chant; light-hearted style
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Plagiarize
 Definition
Copy something from another person's work
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Preponderate
 Definition
Be greater or dominant
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Propensity
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Tendency
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Prosiac
 Definition
Lacking imagination
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Puerile
 Definition
Silly; Child-like
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Pusillanimous
 Definition
Weak-spirited
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Quiescent
 Definition
Inactive
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Quixotic
 Definition
Romantic; impractical; impulsive
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Recondite
 Definition
Understood boy only experts; hidden
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Recrudesce
 Definition
Break out or become active after a dormant period
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Reiterate
 Definition
Repete something
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Repartee
 Definition
Witty talk / remark
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Reticent
 Definition
Reserved (not talking a lot)
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Rudimentary
 Definition
Basic; developing; undeveloped; embryonic state
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Ruminate
 Definition
To mull over something
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Sardonic
 Definition
Disdainfully or ironically mocking
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Scintillate
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Sparkle; to be very dazzlingly clever
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Scurrilous
 Definition
Abusive or defamatory; wicked
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Sequester
 Definition
Put somebody in isolation
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Spurious
 Definition
Not genuine; born out of wedlock
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Succinct
 Definition
Brief and to the point; exclosed or restricted
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Sycophant
 Definition
Fawning flatterer
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Tenebrous
 Definition
Dark
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Tour De Force
 Definition
Something done with supreme skill
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Uxorious
 Definition
Excessively devoted to one's wife
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Vestige
 Definition
Trace of something gone; slightest amount
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Vicarious
 Definition
Experienced through another by imagining; delegated
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Vouchsafe
 Definition
Condescend to give something; promise something
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Bumptious
 Definition
Self-important
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Panacea
 Definition
A supposed cure for all diseases and problems
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