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200 Vocab Words
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English
11th Grade
05/16/2010

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Acquisitive (adj.)
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concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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Arrogate (v.)
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to claim or take without right
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Banal (adj.)
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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Belabor (v.)
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to work on excessively; to trash soundly
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Carping (adj.), (n.)
Definition
(n.) – petty, nagging critcism.
(adj.) – tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way
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Coherent (adj.)
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holding or sticking together; comprehensible
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Congeal (v.)
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to change from liquid to solid
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Emulate (v.)
Definition
to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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Encomium (n.)
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A formal expression of praise
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Eschew (v.)
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to avoid
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Germane (adj.)
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fitting, relevant
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Insatiable (adj.)
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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
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Intransigent (adj.)
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refusing to compromise
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Invidious (adj.)
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Offensive
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Largesse (n.)
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generosity in giving
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Reconnaissance (n.)
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A survey made for military purpose
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Substantiate (v.)
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To establish by evidence
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Taciturn (adj.)
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habitually silent or quiet
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Temporize (v.)
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To stall or act evasively in order to gain time
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Tenable (adj.)
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capable of being held or defended
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Accost (v.)
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to approach and speak to first
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Animadversion (n.)
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a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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Avid (adj.)
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intensely eager
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Brackish (adj.)
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having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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Celerity (n.)
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swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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Devious (adj.)
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straying or wandering from a straight or direct course
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Gambit (n.)
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In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage
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Halcyon (n.)
Definition
A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher

calm, peaceful
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Histrionic (adj.)
Definition
pertaining to actors and their techniques
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Incendiary (adj.)
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Deliberately setting or causing fires
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Maelstrom (n.)
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A whirlpool of great size and violence
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Myopic (adj.)
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Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation
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Overt (adj.)
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Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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Pejorative (adj.)
Definition
tending to make worse
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Propriety (n.)
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The state of being proper
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Sacrilege (n.)
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improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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Summarily (adv.)
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without delay or formality
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Suppliant (adj.)
Definition
asking humbly and earnestly
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Talisman (n.)
Definition
an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers
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Undulate (v.)
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To move in waves or with a wavelike motion
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