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Vocab units 1-7
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English
11th Grade
01/11/2010

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Banal
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Hackneyed, Trite, Commonplace
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Carping
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(Adj.) To Find Fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way

(N.) Petty, nagging criticism

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Congeal
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To turn from solid to liquid
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Encomium
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A Formal Expression of Praise, a lavish praise
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Eschew
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To avoid, shun, keep away from
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Germane
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Relevant, appropriate, fitting
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Intransigent
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Refusing to Compromise, irreconcilable
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Invidious
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Offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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Largesse
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Generosity in Giving, lavish or bountiful contributions
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Taciturn
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Habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
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Temporize
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To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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Tenable
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Capable of being held or defended
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Animadversion
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A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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Brackish
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Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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Halcyon
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(N.) A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher (adj.) of or related to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
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Myopic
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(Adj.) Nearsighte; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
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Cavort
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To romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry
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Credence
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(N.) Belief, mental acceptance
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Dissemble
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To disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression
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Eulogy
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A formal statement of commendation; high praise
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Evince
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(V.) To display clearly; to make evident, to provoke
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Feckless
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(Adj.) Lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable
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Murky
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Dark, gloomy; obscure; lacking in clarity and precision
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Nefarious
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Wicked, Depraved, Devoid of moral standards
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Piquant
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(adj.) Stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy; pungent; appealingly provocative
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Primordial
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Developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the earliest stage
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Propinquity
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(N.) Nearness in place or time; kinship
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Unwonted
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Not usual or expected; not in character
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Verbiage
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(N.) Language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense of content, wordiness; a manner of expression
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Verdant
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Green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement
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Viscous
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(Adj.) Having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity
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Consummate
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(Adj.) Complete or perfect in the highest degree (V.) To bring a state of completion or perfection
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Exigency
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(N. Often plural) Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
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Flotsam
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Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
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Frenetic
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Frenzied, highly agitated
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Glean
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(V.) To gather bit by bit, to gather small quantities of grain left in fields by the reapers
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Grouse
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(N.) A type of gamebird; s complaint (V.) To complain, grumble
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Incarcerate
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(V.) To imprison, confine, jail
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Incumbent
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(Adj.) Obligatory, required (N.) One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
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Jocular
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Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
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Mordant
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Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
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Pecuniary
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Consisting of, or related to money
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Pussillanimous
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Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
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Recumbent
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(Adj.) In a reclining position, lying down, in posture of one sleeping or resting
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Delineate
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(V.) To portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially
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Depraved
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Marked by Corruption, evil; Devoid of moral principles
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Enervate
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To weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring
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Esoteric
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Intended to be understood by only a select few, private, secret
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Fecund
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(Adj.) Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
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Fiat
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An arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
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Garner
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To acquire or gather as a result of effort; to gather or store away, as for future use
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Hallow
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To set up apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
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Idiosyncrasy
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(N.) A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
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Nuance
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A slight or subtle variation (as in color, meaning quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference
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Overweening
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Conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
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Sophistry
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Reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
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Sumptuous
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Costly, rich, magnificent
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Ubiquitous
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Present or existing elsewhere
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Abject
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Degraded; base, comtemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
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Complicity
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(N.) Involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
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Derelict
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(N.) Someone or something that is abandoned or neglected

(Adj.) Left Abandoned; Neglectful of Duty

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Diatribe
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A prolonged verbal attack
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Effigy
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A Crude image of a despised effigy
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Inane
Definition
Silly, empty in meaning or value
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Moot
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(Adj.) Open to discussion and debate, unresolved

(V.) To bring up for discussion

(N.) A hypothetical law case argued by students

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Motif
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(N.) A principal idea, figure, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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Neophyte
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A new convery, beginner, novice
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Perspicacity
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Keeness in observing and understanding
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Plenary
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(Adj.) Complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualifying members
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Travesty
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(N.) A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex (Transvestite)

(V.) To ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion

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Allay
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To calm or pacify, set to rest
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Convivial
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Festive, sociable, having fun together, genial
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Coterie
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(N.) A circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest
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Counterpart
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A person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement
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Demur
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(V.) To object or take exception to

(N.) An objection

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Effrontery
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(N.) Shameless boldness, impudence
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Ephemeral
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Lasting only a short-time; short-lived
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Felicitous
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(Adj.) Appropriate, apt, well-chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy
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Furtive
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(Adj.) Done slyly or steathily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen
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Garish
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(Adj.) Glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar and offensive way
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Illusory
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Misleading, deceptive, lacking in or not based on reality
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Indignent
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Needy, Impoverished
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Inordinate
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Far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive
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Jettison
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To cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burden-some
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Misanthrope
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A person who hates or despises people
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Pertinacious
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(Adj.) Very persistent; holding firmly to a cause of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied
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Picayune
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(Adj.) Of little importance, paltry, measly, concerned with trifling matters, small-minded
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Raiment
Definition
Garments, Clothing
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