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Vocab List 2
The second list of vocab words
25
English
12th Grade
09/11/2011

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Austere
Definition
Adj. - Severe, unadorned, stern, plain
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Autonomous
Definition
Adj. - Independent, Self-Governing
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Cursory
Definition
Adj. - Hastily done, performed rapidly with little attention to detail.
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Extirpate
Definition
V. - to exterminate, pluck up by the roots
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Furtive
Definition
Adj. - stealthy, sneaky, sly, or secret
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Inviolate
Definition
Adj. - intact, not violated
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Mundane
Definition
Adj. - ordinary, typical, concerned with the earthly (not spiritual)
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Prosaic
Definition
Adj. - commonplace, dull
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Prurience
Definition
N. - inappropriate sexual interest
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Pseudo
Definition
Adj. - false, fake, sham
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Psychotic
Definition
Adj. - afflicted with psychosis (severe mental disorder.)
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Pungent
Definition
Adj. - sharp acrid sensation (burns the nose)
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Querulous
Definition
Adj. - given to complaining
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Succinct
Definition
Adj. - concise or brief (terse)
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Supercilious
Definition
Adj. - scornful, disdainful stuck up (haughty)
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Surreptitious
Definition
Adj. - secret or clandestine
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Synthesis
Definition
Adj. - a summary, a combination of elements into a whole
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Turgid
Definition
Adj. - inflated, bloated, swollen
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Voluble
Definition
Adj. - characterized by never ending talk. Glib
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Ruminate
Definition
V. - to ponder over, to think over
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Augment
Definition
V. - to add to, to increase, to enlarge
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Depredation
Definition
N. - to plunder, ravage, to prey upon
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Fractious
Definition
Adj. - cross, unruly, rude, uncontrollable
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Frugal
Definition
Adj. - thrifty, cheap, parsimonious
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Impious
Definition
Adj. - not pious, irreverent, showing disrespect
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