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Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 13
Unit 13
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English
11th Grade
02/10/2011

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Cognizant
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(adj) aware, knowledgeable, informed
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deign
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(v) to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend
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contrite
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(adj) regretfu for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly pentinent
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abstruse
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(adj) extremely difficult to understand
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canard
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(n) a false rumor, fabricated story
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decorous
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(adj) well behaved, dignified, socially proper
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efficacy
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(n) the power to produce a desired result
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cynosure
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(n) the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct
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affront
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(n) an open or intentional insult; a slight; (v) to insult to one's face; to face in defiance, confront
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desiccated
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(adj, part) thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting
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Captious
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(adj) excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up
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machination
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(n) a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
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preempt
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(v) to seize upon to the exclusion of others, take over or appropriate; to be presented in place of, displace
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facade
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(n) the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)
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ethereal
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(adj) light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)
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putative
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(adj) generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred
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opprobrium
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(n) disgrace arising from shameful conduct, infamy; contempt, reproach
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simplistic
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(adj) highly oversimplified, simpleminded
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mesmerize
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(v) to hypnotize; to fascinate, enthrall
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engender
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(v) to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form
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ghoulish
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(adj) revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
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incongruous
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(adj) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
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