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Vocabulary Test #1
Mr. Holman
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English
12th Grade
10/24/2011

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GLIBLY
Definition
DONE IN A SMOOTH, OFFHAND MANNER; EASILY SPOKEN
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LUGUBRIOUS
Definition
SAD OR MOURNFUL, OFTEN TO AN EXAGGERATED DEGREE
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FINESSE
Definition
DELICATE SKILL; SUBTLETY; TO BRING ABOUT WITH SKILL, TO EXADE
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NEMESIS
Definition
AN AVENGER; AN UNBEATABLE RIVAL; A PERSON WHO PUNISHES ANOTHER FOR EVIL DEEDS
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PURLOINS
Definition
TO STEAL
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BANAL
Definition
COMMONPLACE; TRITE; STALE FROM OVERUSE
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PSEUDONYM
Definition
A FICTITIOUS NAME ASSUMED BY AN AUTHOR; A PEN NAME
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LAMPOON
Definition
STRONGLY SATIRICAL WRITING; TO RIDICULE OR SATIRIZE
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NEFARIOUS
Definition
VILLAINOUS; INFAMOUS; HAVING A BAD REPUTATION
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BELLICOSE
Definition
QUARRELSOME; HOSTILE; INCLINED TO FIGHTING
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EUPHEMISM
Definition
A MILD EXPRESSION USED IN PLACE OF A HARSH, CRUDE, OR DISTASTEFUL EXPRESSION
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NEBULOUS
Definition
HAZY; VAGUE; NOT CLEARLY DEFINED
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ABJECT
Definition
HOPELESSLY LOW; WRETCHED; MISERABLE; WITHOUT SELF-RESPECT
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PROPRIETY
Definition
ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR; CONFORMITY WITH CONVENTIONAL SPEECH
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REVILED
Definition
TO ATTACK WITH ABUSIVE LANGUAGE; TO CALL INSULTING NAMES
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DISTRAUGHT
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IN A STATE OF MENTAL CONFLICT; AGITATED; CRAZED
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ADMONISH
Definition
TO REPROVE MILDLY AND KINDLY, BUT SERIOUSLY; TO CAUTION OR WARN
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PROSAIC
Definition
MATTER-OF-FACT; ORDINARY; COMMONPLACE
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PHLEGMATIC
Definition
SLUGGISHLY; INDIFFERENT; CALM
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COMMENSURATE
Definition
IN PROPER PROPORTION; HAVING THE SAME SCALE, MEASURE, OR SIZE
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INCOGNITO
Definition
ONE WHO IS IN DISGUISE OR USING AN ASSUMED NAME
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COGNIZANT
Definition
AWARE OF OR INFORMED ABOUT SOMETHING
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FARCICAL
Definition
RIDICULOUS; EXAGGERATEDLY COMICAL
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DISCURSIVE
Definition
WANDERING OR SHIFTING FROM ONE SUBJECT TO ANOTHER; RAMBLING
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HYPERBOLE
Definition
AN OBVIOUS EXAGGERATION, MADE FOR EFFECT AND NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY
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OMNISCIENT
Definition
KNOWING EVERYTHING
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FORTUITOUS
Definition
OCCURRING BY CHANCE; ACCIDENTAL; FORTUNATE
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ASSIMILATE
Definition
TO ABSORB AND INCORPORATE FOOD OR KNOWLEDGE; TO ABSORB ONE GROUP INOT A LARGER CULTURE
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ENNUI
Definition
DISCONTENT AND LISTLESSNESS FROM LACK OF OCCUPATION OR INTEREST
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MESMERISM
Definition
HYPNOTISM; HYPNOTIC APPEAL; INTENSE FASCINATION
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EXPATRIATE
Definition
ONE WHO IS EXILED OR WHO HAS WITHDRAWN FROM HIS OR HER NATIVE LAND; BANISHED
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BLAZON
Definition
v. TO PROCLAIM; TO DISPLAY PUBLICLY
n. A COAT OF ARMS; A BANNER
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ALLAY
Definition
TO LESSEN; TO RELIEVE; TO CALM
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DESPOTIC
Definition
AN ABSOLUTE RULER; A TYRANT
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ADROIT
Definition
CLEVER; SKILLFUL IN A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL WAY
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FEIGNED
Definition
TO PRETEND; TO MAKE UP
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BRAVADO
Definition
A SHOW OF FALSE BRAVERY OR CONFIDENCE
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CHOLERIC
Definition
HAVING OR SHOWING A QUICK TEMPER OR IRASCIBLE NATURE
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DIRGES
Definition
A FUNERAL HYMN; POETIC OR MUSICAL EXPRESSION OF GRIEF
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COLLOQUY
Definition
CONVERSATION OR CONFERENCE, USUALLY FORMAL
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GUILE
Definition
CRAFTINESS; DECEIT; CUNNING
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PROFFERED
Definition
TO OFFER; AN OFFER
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SERAPHIC
Definition
ANGELIC; OF THE HIGHEST ORDER OF ANGELS
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AMORPHOUS
Definition
SHAPELESS; OF NO PARTICULAR FORM OR TYPER; NOT ORGANIZED
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DECORUM
Definition
PROPER ACTION, SPEECH, AND DRESS; GOOD MANNERS AND BEHAVIOR
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PROTEGES
Definition
SOMEONE WHOSE WELFARE OR CAREER IS GUIDED AND HELPED BY A MORE INFLUENTIAL PERSON
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SANGUINE
Definition
NATURALLY CHEERFUL AND HOPEFUL; CONFIDENT; HAVING A RUDDY COMPLEXION
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DOGGEREL
Definition
BADLY WRITTEN OR TRIVIAL VERSE
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ASCETICS
Definition
A PERSON WHO PRACTICES UNUSUAL SELF-DENIAL OR DISCIPLINE
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FACILE
Definition
EASILY DONE; PERFORMING OR WORKING WITH EASE; ADROIT; NOT SINCERE OR PROFOUND
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