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VOCAB
SEMESTER 1 FINAL
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English
10th Grade
01/22/2011

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hubris
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overweening pride or arrogance
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disparage
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to beelittle or downgrade someone or something
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condescend
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to come down in level
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supercilious
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excesively proud
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contempt
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total lack of respect
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scoff
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to make fun of, mock
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complacent
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self satisfied, smug
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garner
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gather or collect
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mar
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spoil or damage
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heed
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listen to , pay attention to
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obliterate
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to erase complety, wipe out all traces
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obscure
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to make dim or unclear
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peruse
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to study or examine carefully
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raze
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to tear down completely
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placate
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to calm soother or appease especailly by offering to be "nice"
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rebuff
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to criticize harshly
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virtuoso
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a highgly skiled performer
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temerity
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unwise boldness, rash or reckless behavior
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volition
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use of your own will, by your choices
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tedious
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tiresome boring , seeming too long or dull
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temper
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adjust to the needs of a situtation
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provoke
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arouse to feeling or action
B) to incite to anger
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depravity
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corrupt act or practice
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coerce
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force or comple (someone or something)
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euphony
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harmonious succesion of words having a pleasing sound
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erratic
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having no fixed course; wandering
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grave
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meriting seious consideration; important; likely to produce great harm or danger
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adversary
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one that contends with opposes or resists; enemy
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advocate
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one that defends or maintains a cause or proposal
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extol
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praise highly; glorify
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compromise
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adjust or settle by mutual concession
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compatible
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capable of existing or operating in harmony
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dogmatic
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characterized by a viewpoint or system of idead on insufficnelty examined premises
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flagrant
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conspicouly (uselessly) offensive
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arrogant
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exaggerating ones own worth or importance in an overbearing manner
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fallacy
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false or mistaken idea
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intangible
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incapable of being touched or felt
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facilitate
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to make easier
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dubious
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of doubtful promise or outcome ; unsettled in opinion
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elusive
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tending to evade a group or pursuit; hard to comprehend or define
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catharsis
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cleansing or purging that realeases emotions
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antithesis
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direct opposite
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extricate
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free from entanglement or akward spot
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benign
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gentle gracious kind; mild or favorable , not malignant
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ameliorate
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improve or better (a condition)
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jocular
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jolly fond of joking ; merry witty
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clemency
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lenience or moderation in punishment, mercy
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emanate
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seep forth; to emit
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anomaly
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something dif from the norm; irregularuty or paradox
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censure
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stern or official condemnation
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verbose
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using more words than neccessary
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jargon
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special language or terminology; dialect or hybrid languge
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tirade
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lenghty emotional critical speech
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garrulous
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extremely talkative gabby loquacious pointless or annoying speech
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quixotic
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extravantly idealistic; unpredictable unrealistic or imaginary
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mundane
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everyday, commonplace
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arduous
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demanding hard to achieve
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garbie
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change or alter meaning thourhg misrepresentation of facts or ideas
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vitriolic
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burninf or corrosive like acid
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diatribe
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bitter ciritical speech or writting
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revere
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to respect and honor; to venerate worship
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sanction
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to confirm authorize endorse approve suport
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chimera
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an illusion or fabrication of the mind or fancy
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saturate
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to fill completely ; soak
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whet
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to excite or stimulate( the mind or appetite; to hone or sharpen
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scrutinize
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to examine minutely , with close attention
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thwart
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to foil, baffle , or frustate
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venerate
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to respect and admire with defrence ; worthy of respect
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waive
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to give up voluntarily ; relinquish forgo or postpone
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criterion
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a standard used for making judgements
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brevity
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shortness of duration
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languid
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sluggish in character or disposition; listless
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novel
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new and not resembling someting formerly knows or used
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relevant
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having significant and demonstrable bearing on the mater at hand
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mitigate
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to cause to become less harsh or hostile ; to make less severe or painful
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reprehensible
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worthy of deserbing despproval or censure
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engender
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to cause to exist or develop; produce
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derision
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ridicule or scorn
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lethargic
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indeifferent , apathetic, sluggish
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fanatic
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maked by excessive enthusiams and often intense uncritical devotion
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fortuitous
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happening by chance ;accidental
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grueling
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demanding and exhausting; punishing tiring
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indulgent
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generous to fault; leninet not critical
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vulnerable
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open to physical or mental damge or hurt
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profuse
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in great abundnace; bountiful lavish
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superficial
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on the surface , shallow; not deep, serious or important
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uniform
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consistent; the same
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listless
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lacking energy or enthusiasm; indifferemt or languid
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unobtrusive
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not noticeable, inconspicuous; or not agrresive
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deprecate
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to disaprove midly, with regret hoping to avoid disparvoal
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