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Unit 9 Vocab
IB English Vocab
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English
11th Grade
01/15/2012

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HER/ HES
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Comes from the Latin verb meaning “to stick” or “to get stuck.”
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Adherent
Definition
(1) Someone who follows a leader, party, or procession. (2) One who believes in a particular philosophy or religion.
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Cohesion
Definition
The act or state of sticking together.
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Incoherent
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(1) Unclear or difficult to understand. (2) Loosely organized or inconsistent.
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Inherent
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Part of something by nature or habit.
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FUG
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Comes from the Latin verb meaning “to flee or escape.”
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Centrifugal
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Moving outward from a center or central focus.
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Fugitive
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A person who flees or tries to escape.
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Fugue
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A musical form in which a theme is echoed and imitated by voices or instruments that enter one after another and interweave as the piece proceeds.
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Subterfuge
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(1) A trick designed to help conceal. (2) A deceptive trick.
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COSM
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Comes from the Greek word meaning both “ornament” and “order.”
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Cosmetic
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Done or made for the sake of beauty or appearance.
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Cosmology
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(1) A theory that describes the nature of the universe. (2) A branch of astronomy that deals with the origin and structure of the universe.
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Cosmopolitan
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(1) Having international sophistication and experience. (2) Made up of persons, elements, or influences from many different parts of the world.
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Cosmos
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(1) The universe especially when it is viewed as orderly and systematic. (2) Any orderly system that is complete in itself.
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SCI
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Comes from the Latin verb meaning to “to know” or “to understand.”
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Conscientious
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(1) Governed by morality; scrupulous. (2) Resulting from painstaking or exact attention.
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Omniscience
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Infinite understanding, awareness, and insight.
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Prescient
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Having or showing advance knowledge of what is going to happen.
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Unconscionable
Definition
(1) Not guided by any moral sense; unscrupulous. (2) Shockingly excessive, unreasonable, or unfair.
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JUNCT
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Comes from the Latin verb meaning “join.”
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Adjunct
Definition
Something joined or added to another thing of which it is not a part.
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Disjunction
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A break, separation, or sharp difference between two things.
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Injunction
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(1) A warning, direction, or prohibition regarding an activity. (2) A court order commanding or forbidding the doing of some act.
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Junta
Definition
A committee that controls a government, especially after a revolution.
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PART
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Comes from the Latin word meaning “part.”
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Impart
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(1) To give from one’s store or abundance. (2) To make known; disclose.
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Impartial
Definition
Fair and not biased; treating or effecting all equally.
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Participle
Definition
A word that is formed from a verb but used like an adjective.
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Partisan
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(1) A person who is strongly devoted to a particular cause or group. (2) A guerrilla fighter.
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MIT/MIS
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Comes from the Latin verb meaning “to send.”
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Emissary
Definition
Someone sent out to represent another; an agent.
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Manumission
Definition
The act of freeing from slavery.
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Missive
Definition
A letter of written communication.
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Remittance
Definition
(1) Money sent in payment. (2) The sending of money, especially to a distant place.
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PEL/ PULS
Definition
Comes from the Latin verb meaning “to move or drive.”
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Compel
Definition
To drive or urge with force.
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Expel
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(1) To drive or force out. (2) To force to leave, usually by official action.
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Impel
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To urge or drive forward by strong moral force.
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Repulsion
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(1) The act of driving away or rejecting. (2) A feeling of great dislike; disgust.
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Arachnid
Definition
A member of the class Arachnida, which principally includes animals with four pairs of legs and no antennae, such as spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks.
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Calliope
Definition
A musical instrument similar to an organ in which whistles are sounded by steam or compressed air.
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Dryad
Definition
A wood nymph.
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Fauna
Definition
Animal life, especially the animals that live naturally in a given area or environment.
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Flora
Definition
Plant life, especially the flowering plants that live naturally in a specific area or environment.
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Herculean
Definition
(1) Extremely strong. (2) Extremely, extensive, intense, or difficult.
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Pandora’s box
Definition
A source of many troubles.
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Scylla and Charybdis
Definition
Two equally dangerous alternatives.
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